Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Kerns, Judge Joseph D September 21, 2012
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The Bellefontaine Examiner
Judge Joseph D. Kerns, 90, of Urbana died at 4:00 P.M. Friday, September 21, 
2012 in the Springfield Regional Medical Center. He was born September 15, 
1922, in Urbana, a son of William C. and Margaret (Sexton) Kerns.
A member of St. Mary Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus #1727, Judge 
Kerns graduated from St. Mary High School and the University Of Cincinnati 
School Of Law. Judge Kerns served as an Assistant Ohio Attorney General, was a 
Probate and Juvenile Judge in Champaign County, sat on the Second District 
Court of Appeals for 30 years and was a decorated combat infantry veteran of 
WWII.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Peggy (North) Kerns, whom he married 
on October 9, 1948, children Ann Comer and her husband Brendan of Port 
Washington, WI, Joan Place and her husband Jim of Dayton, OH, Mark Kerns of 
Columbus, OH, John Kerns and his wife Nancy of Naples, FL, Julie McDaniel and 
her husband Rod of Lebanon, OH and Deanna Sundheimer and her husband Alan of 
Urbana, grandchildren Jimmy Place and his wife Connie, Peggy Butze and her 
husband Eric, Carolyn Heller and her husband Ryan, Katie Kerns, Joe Kerns, 
Claire McDaniel and Brian McDaniel and great grandchildren Sophia Place, RJ 
Place and Kaitlyn Butze.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister and brothers.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 
25, 2012 in St. Mary Catholic Church, 231 Washington Avenue, Urbana with 
Father Greg Konerman, celebrant. Burial will follow in Oak Dale Cemetery, 
Urbana. The family is being served by the WALTER & SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 642 S. 
Main Street, Urbana.
Memorial contributions may be made in Judge Kerns’ memory to a veterans’ 
organization of your choice.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.walterfunerals.com.

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