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KASEL, Paul
KASEL, Paul. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 23, 1926--Dubuque, IA, July 22, 2014). A son of Joseph P. KASEL, Paul worked part-time at FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY before joining the navy in WORLD WAR II.
Paul was called to service with the Navy in May 1944 and served until June 1946. When he returned from the war, Paul began what became a twenty-nine year career at John Deere. He was an original IBM programmer at the JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS when the company first installed mainframe computers in the late 1950s.
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Karl J. Kasel, e-mail. April 3, 2014