John Edward Kustes

1939 - 2005  (65 years)

• Name	John Edward Kustes
  Born	26 Jul 1939	Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jan 2005	Mercy Medical Center North, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, USA
  Buried	22 Jan 2005	Calvary Hill Cemetery, Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I246719	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	John Edward Kustes,   b. 31 Aug 1901, Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 5 Dec 1988, Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Bernadette Cecilia Foreman,   b. 2 Jul 1899, Indiana, USA ,   d. 22 Jul 1988, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1927
  Family ID	F76140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Betty Ann Kapinski
  Children	1. Barry James Kustes   2. Thomas Jay Kustes   3. Laura Burnadette Kustes   4. Christopher John Kustes   5. Lana Christine Kustes   6. Andrew John Kustes
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F87167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Leah M. McKinstry
  Married	4 Nov 1978
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F134782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. John E. Kustes Jr., 65, of 1615 8th Street, Fulton, Ill., died Tuesday, January 18, 2005, at Mercy Medical Center North, Clinton, Iowa. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 22, 2005, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fulton, Ill. The Rev. Father James R. Keenan, Pastor, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fulton, will officiate. The service is preceded by a 10 a.m. family prayer service at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, January 21, 2005, at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in Fulton, Ill. Interment will be in Calvary Hill Cemetery, Fulton, Ill. Memorials may be go to Mass offerings. He was born July 26, 1939, in Clinton, Iowa, to John E. Kustes Sr. and Bernadette (Forman) Kustes. He was educated in the rural Whiteside County schools and a graduate of Fulton High School. He married Leah M. McKinstry on Nov. 4, 1978, in Fulton, Ill. He was engaged in farming on the family farm; then was employed with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. He returned to farming and then was employed by the former Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. of Sterling, Ill., retiring in 1999. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fulton, Ill., and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Knights of Columbus; the Whiteside County Farm Bureau; and Future Farmers of America. He was a 4-H Leader and had served as a Cub Scout and Webelo Leader. Survivors include his wife, Leah, Fulton; three daughters, Laura (Mrs. Chad) Hultman, Atkinson, Ill., Lana (Mrs. Joseph) Otten, Rock Island, Ill., and Kimilie (Mrs. Robert) Saiter, Clinton, Iowa; six sons, Barry (Linda) Kustes, Clinton, Iowa, Tom Kustes, Des Moines, Iowa, Christopher (Amy) Kustes, DeKalb, Ill., Andrew (Kitka) Kustes, Cordova, Ill., Keith (Tracy) Horton, Clinton, Iowa, and Michael (Marlyce) Horton, Clinton, Iowa; 25 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Dorothy (Mrs. Robert) Pannell, Thomson, Ill., Mrs. Francis Powers, Sycamore, Ill., and Mrs. Mary Biggs, Moline, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Jess and Virgil Lemmel. Published in the Quad-City Times on 1/20/2005.