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Bernhard P. Kahlert

Bernhard P. Kahlert, 87, of Berne, IN, and having family members in Markle, IN, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at Adams Woodcrest.

Mr. Kahlert was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. He worked for M.W. Habegger Construction from 1954 to 1961 and for Hardware Wholesalers from 1961 until his retirement in 1981. He served in the German army during World War II.

He was born July 4, 1927, in Jauer, Germany, to Bernhard P. Sr. and Anna Brier Kahlert. He married Doris A. Nevil on Dec. 28, 1991, and she survives.

Additional survivors include two stepsons, Kevin W. Brunner, of Markle, and Gary W. Brunner, of Berne; three brothers, Josef Kahlert, of Berne; Alfons Kahlert, of Decatur; and Georg Kahlert, of Springfield, OH; and two sisters, Dorothea Hartman, of Decatur, and Edeltraud Kahlert, of Altena, Germany.

A private service was held. Burial was at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.

Haggard Sefton & Hirschy Funeral Home, Decatur, was in charge of arrangements.