Obituary Record

Milton Lee Dr Kaiser
Died on 8/4/2010

Dr. Milton Kaiser, 86

Dr. Milton Kaiser, 86, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, at his home in New Ulm, Minn. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in New Ulm. A private family interment will take place at a later date.

Milton Lee Kaiser was born Sept. 23, 1923, in Humboldt to Walter and Pearl (Marshall) Kaiser.

After graduating from high school in 1941, he attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He entered the U.S. Army on March 29, 1943, serving with the 280th Engineer Combat Battalion in Europe. Following his honorable discharge March 10, 1946, he returned to the University of Nebraska.

Following graduation, he entered the University of Nebraska Medical School at Omaha and worked in the lab at Methodist Hospital for his room and board. It was there that he met his wife-to-be, who was in nurses' training.

He married Mary Giles on Aug. 20, 1950, in Alliance. The couple moved to St. Paul, Minn., so that Dr. Kaiser could start an internship at Miller Hospital.

Dr. Kaiser worked with Dr. Howard Vogel for 26 years at the Vogel Clinic in New Ulm. It later merged with the New Ulm Medical Clinic where Dr. Kaiser worked until retiring in 1988.

Dr.Kaiser was active with Boy Scouts, earning his Eagle Scout Award in 1937. He later served as an adult leader for the Boy Scouts.

From 1960 - 1970, he served as the area National Guard physician In the 1970s, he played an active role in collaborative efforts to build the New Ulm Medical Center to provide unified, quality care and to streamline services. In 1977, he mentored five RPAP (Rural Physician Associate Program) students through the U of M Medical School to promote and support the need for physicians in rural areas.

He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church where he served as chairman of the board of trustees and administrative board member several times, was involved with fund raising and served on the Methodist Men's Committee and the Lord's Laborers. He was a member of the choir and served as a Sunday school teacher.

He is remembered as a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. Dr. Kaiser has been a mentor and excellent role model all of his life and encouraged many young people and family members to pursue a career in medicine.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, of New Ulm; sons and daughters-in-law, Bob and Pat Kaiser of Spicer, Minn., Ron and Jenny Kaiser of Linton, N.D., David and Darla Kaiser of Alexandria, Minn.; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and John Livers of Chaska, Minn.; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; sister, Bernice Krantz of Blair; nieces, nephews and cousins.

Schmucker Funeral Services in New Ulm is in charge of arrangements.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

Find a Grave Memorial #160908467

Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 8/10/2010


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