Ethan Kloster Named Adna Dale Kiser Memorial Vocational/ Technical Scholarship Recipient
by Elena Hilmes
October 15, 2009
Princeton High School graduate Ethan Kloster was recently named as the 2009 Adna Dale Kiser Memorial Vocational Technical Scholarship recipient. Kloster is currently attending Illinois Valley Community College pursuing a degree in Construction Technology. This selection was based on his academic achievement, citizenship, and leadership.
Princeton High School instructor Steve Kiser established this scholarship in memory of his father to promote student interest in vocational and technical fields of education. Adna Dale Kiser’s descendants came to Bureau County in 1843. He was born in Dover, Illinois in 1918 to Louis and Ruth McRae Kiser. He served in World War II in the Asiatic Campaign as a Carpenters Mate in the United States Navy. Kiser attended Chicago Technical College in Chicago, Illinois. He was a Journeyman Carpenter and a member of Local 792 in Rockford, Illinois at the time of his death in January of 1964.
Pictured from left to right is Brian Church, Guidance Director, Steve Kiser, Driver Education instructor, Ethan Kloster, 2009 Adna Dale Kiser Memorial Vocational Technical Scholarship recipient, and Randy Swinford, Vocational Technical Education Division Chair.
