by Janet Dovidio
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Judith Karen (Ziller) Kaiser, 70, Woodstock, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, at the Inpatient Hospice Unit of Centegra Specialty Hospital-Woodstock.
She was born Feb. 6, 1942, in Kankakee, to Charles and Martha (Hoskins) Ziller.
She and her husband lived on a grain and dairy farm near Woodstock.
Survivors include her husband, James A. Kaiser; five sons, Jeffrey Kaiser, Woodstock, Barry (Debbie) Kaiser, McHenry, David Kaiser, Mt. Prospect, Kevin (Kim) Kaiser, Capron, and Jerald Kaiser, Woodstock; eight grandchildren; seven brothers, Roger Ziller, Huntley, Bert Ziller, Wheatland, Wyo., Ronnie Ziller, Genoa, Paul Ziller, Huntley, Keith Ziller, Garden Prairie, Daniel Ziller, Huntley, and Larry Ziller, Amarillo, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Allen and Thomas Ziller.
All services were private and arranged by Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, Woodstock.