Marie M. Kaiser, age 89, formerly of Gratiot passed away on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 at the Lafayette Manor Nursing Home in Darlington. She was born on July 26, 1926 in Missouri to Edward and Margaret (McCaan) Kilkelly. 

Funeral Service washeld on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Gratiot. Visitation was from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. with a Rosary at 12:30 p.m. at Bartell-Leamon Funeral Home in Warren, Ill. Burial was held at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Gratiot.

A memorial has been established in her name for the Alzheimer’s and Breast Cancer Foundations. Friends may send condolences to the family at www.leamonfh.com

For the full obituary see the Sept. 24, 2015 edition of the Republican Journal.