Kenneth Orban
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CW-4 KENNETH W. ORBAN , 73 OF BRIGHTON PASSED AWAY AT 7:40 PM ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012 AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY AT HIS SIDE.
BORN IN HIS FAMILY HOME IN JERSEY COUNTY, IL ON JUNE 21, 1939
WAS THE SON OF GUS & MARY A. (BULL) ORBAN. KEN GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM AND ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN BRIGHTON.
HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVED 22 YEARS WITH HONOR WITH THE ARMY CORP. OF ENGINEERS. HE SERVED TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM AND WAS STATIONED AROUND THE WORLD. KEN WAS THE PAST OWNER OF KGR LAWN & GARDEN SERVICE.
HE MARRIED THE FORMER JANETTE (STADE) IN CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI ON DECEMBER 27, 1956. SHE RESIDES IN BRIGHTON. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 55 YEARS.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, 2 DAUGHTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS, DEBRA & KENNETH FREEMAN OF GODFREY; TERRY & WILFRED BENWARE OF BRIGHTON; 1 SON AND HIS WIFE, KEITH ORBAN & KARALINA DOROSHENKO.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 8 GRANDCHILDREN; JOSHUA, TRACI, EMILY, HALEY, KYLE, BEN, AMY & JOSH, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; ZACHARY, LUCAS, LOGAN, TORI, OLIVA & JACOB. A SPECIAL FRIEND, DEBBIE OTTIE-ORBAN.
PER HIS WISHES KEN WAS CREMATED
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN HIS HONOR AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012 AT ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN BRIGHTON.
IRENE GULOVEN AND REV. LEVERING REYNOLDS WILL OFFICIATE
INURNMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT BOTT CEMETERY, WITH FULL MITLITARY HONORS.
MEMORIAL MAY BE MADE TO ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST OR THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT.
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