Mary Elizabeth Vogel Kaiser's Obituary
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" (Vogel) Kaiser Obituary
October 21, 1919 - March 19, 2013
Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Vogel Kaiser, was born in Youngstown, Ohio , October 21, 1919. She was the only child of Charles and Gertrude Vogel. During the depression the family moved to Alliance, Ohio; Staten Island, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; finally settling in Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1934.
She graduated from Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pennsylvania in 1942. After working in New York City for a year, she joined the Marine Corps Womans Reserve and was stationed at Camp LeJeune, N. C. during the war. Her enlistment "... freed the men who formed the 6th Division and fought in Okinawa." After her military service, she graduated from Berkeley Secretarial School on the G.I. Bill. She first met her husband in Pittsburgh in 1932, where they were in the same grade school, when his family moved to New Jersey. On April 10, 1948, she married Robert George Kaiser of Newark, New Jersey and they celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in 2011.
They made their first home in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ in 1953. Beth and Bob moved to Seminole, FL when Bob's company relocated in 1975. Beth was a member of the Pinellas County Historical Society and a long term volunteer and docent for Heritage Village. She joined the Ponce de Leon Chapter of the Questers, committed to the preservation of antiques and historical landmarks. She was a member of the Womens’ Marine Association and an active member of Saint Jerome Catholic Church. Beth and Bob moved to Lewes, DE in 2007 to be closer to their children. Bob predeceased Beth in September 2011.
Her family includes a daughter, Nancy Anne Kaiser, her wife Mary R. McElhone of Rehoboth Beach, DE, and a son, Robert G. Kaiser II, and his wife Marsha, of Silver Spring, Maryland, two grandchildren, Maggie (Johannes) and Katie Kaiser, and one great grandchild, Brandon.
Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, 152 Tulip Drive, Lewes, DE. Entombment will be held privately at a future date.
In lieu of flowers contributions are suggested to the Seton Hill University, 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601, C/) Christy Pergar, Attn: the Mary Elizabeth Vogel Kaiser Scholarship Fund
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