Kenneth Leon Mulder, son of Daniel Aaron Mulder and Rosa Adaline (Bennett) Mulder, was born on a farm in Norton County, Kansas on February 27, 1925 and passed away at the Colonial Villa in Alma, Nebraska on December 22, 2013 at the age of 88.
He attended Glenwood Rural School, graduating from the eighth grade in 1939 and later from Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg in 1943. After graduation he continued farming with his father.
On April 20, 1946, Kenneth was united in marriage to Alta Irene Romjue in Phillipsburg. The couple lived on a farm in Glenwood Township in Phillips County. To this union four sons were born: Daniel, Ronald, Donald and Richard.
Kenneth attended the Englewood Church in Phillips County until it was closed and then began attending the Crystal Creek Country Church in rural Phillips County.
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter-in-law, Sandy Mulder; brothers-in-law, Dale Romjue and Francis Hanes; and sister-in-law, Della Mae Sell.
Survivors include his wife, Alta, of the home; sons: Daniel Mulder (Terry) & family of Phillipsburg, KS; Ronald Mulder & family of Republican City, NE; Donald Mulder (Evonne) & family of Yutan, NE; and Richard Mulder of Lehi, UT; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Bernita Romjue of Republican City, NE; daughter-in-law, Norma Lea Hanes, also of Republican City; brother-in-law, Bill Sell of Holdrege, NE; as well as several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 27, at 2:00 p.m. in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Jason Dowell officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Phillips County.
Visitation will be noon – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26, and again Friday morning before service time at the funeral home in Phillipsburg.
Memorial contributions may be given to Harlan County for a Cure or AseraCare Hospice