Ivan A. Kern, 97, of Mendota died
July 19, 2014, in Mendota Lutheran
Home.
Funeral services will be at 11
a.m. Friday in Immanuel Lutheran
Church of Compton with the Rev.
Chris Heller officiating. Burial will
be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m.
Thursday at Merritt Funeral Home,
Mendota.
Mr. Kern
was born Nov.
2, 1916, in
Compton to
Alfred and Clara
(Bauer) Kern. He
married Esther
Schlesinger on
Jan. 19, 1938,
in Immanuel
Lutheran Church,
Compton.
He graduated
from Paw Paw High School in
1934. Ivan was a lifelong farmer and
owner of Kern Fertilizer Service for
many years. He was a member of
Immanuel Lutheran Church, where
he served on the church council
and various committees. He was
a lifetime member of Elks Lodge
1212 and Mendota Moose Lodge.
He was a director and past president
of Mendota Mutual Ins. Co. He was
an avid fisherman.
He entered the Mendota Lutheran
Home in August 2012.
He is survived by three sons;
Roger (Carol) Kern and David
Kern, both of Mendota, and John
(Pam) Kern of Glendale, Ariz.; one
daughter, Janis (Warren) Randall
of Galesburg; five grandchildren;
four stepgrandchildren; five greatgrandchildren;
nine stepgreat-grandchildren;
one great-great grandchild;
and one brother, Robert Kern of Paw
Paw.
He was preceded in death by his
wife on March 11, 2006; one sister
and a granddaughter, Jodi.
Memorials may be directed to
Immanuel Lutheran Church or the
donor's choice.