Louis Kaiser was born in Paducah, Kentucky on February 5, 1945, to parents Hudey Kizer and Dorothy Johnson. He attended Rock Island High School and was a renowned basketball player, earning him a spot in the school’s basketball hall of fame. Louis also attended St. Ambrose University, where he again shined as a star basketball player and was inducted into the St. Ambrose Hall of Fame in 1980.

Kaiser later served in the U.S. Army and was sent to Vietnam. The local Times-Democrat newspaper stated that he was a personnel specialist with the 1st Infantry Division when it was deployed near the city of Di An, northeast of Saigon, in 1969. During his time in uniform Kaiser was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star Medal.

After the war, he worked at John Deere and then Walmart, retiring in 2018. In 1973, he ran as an independent candidate to be Rock Island’s town auditor, but was narrowly defeated. Kaiser was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed reading and restoring antiques. A devout Christian, he attended several churches in the Quad Cities region. He was also a proud father and grandfather before he passed away.

Louis Kaiser died at the age of 75 on April 8, 2020, at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Rock Island.
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