Kenneth Ray Palmer

April 22, 1968 ~ December 12, 2016
Kenneth Ray Palmer, 48, of Ladd died at 12:31 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Born April 22, 1968, Princeton to Donald Ray and Sheri Ann (Carroll) Palmer, he married Julie Lynn Defenbaugh June 28, 1997, in LaSalle. He graduated from Hall High School. He started as a chef at the Red Door in Peru and also worked at Woody''s Steak House in Ottawa for 14 years. Surviving are his wife, Julie Lynn Palmer of Peru; his mother, Sheri (Randy) Miller of Princeton; one brother, Deric Miller of LaSalle; one stepdaughter, Tia Messino of Elgin; two uncles, Charlie (Jackie) Palmer of Bureau and Larry Palmer of Malaysia; and two cousins, Casey Palmer of Bureau and Kelsey Palmer of Bureau. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Ray Palmer, and his grandparents.
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