{"id":16565,"date":"2025-08-22T06:25:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=16565"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:58:40","slug":"ronald-w-kabbes-86-of-effingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/16565-ronald-w-kabbes-86-of-effingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronald W. Kabbes (86) of Effingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>Ronald William Kabbes, 86, of Effingham, IL, passed away\u00a0on August 21\u00a0at Willow Breeze Hospice House in Mattoon, IL.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 am Monday, August 25, 2025 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Effingham, IL with\u00a0burial\u00a0following\u00a0at\u00a0St. Anthony\u00a0Cemetery. Visitation will be held on\u00a0Sunday from\u00a04:00 pm to\u00a07:00 pm at\u00a0the church. Memorials\u00a0may\u00a0be made\u00a0to St.\u00a0Anthony\u00a0Schools or the St. Anthony\u00a0Booster Club. Bauer Funeral Home\u00a0has been entrusted with arrangements.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ron was born December 29, 1938 in Effingham, IL to parents, William and Agnes Kabbes. He married Joyce (Nacke) Kabbes on January 2, 1960. He was surrounded by athletics all his life. \u00a0After graduating from St. Anthony High School, he attended Rockhurst College (Kansas City) on a basketball scholarship. \u00a0After one semester he left school and signed a professional baseball contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. From 1957-1963 Ron and Joyce enjoyed the life and trials of minor league baseball. \u00a0They loved every minute of this time and made lifelong friends. After an injury in 1963 and with the responsibilities of a young family, they moved back to Effingham where\u00a0Ron\u2019s\u00a0true character was revealed. He worked\u00a0three\u00a0jobs and was a scout for the Baltimore Orioles\u00a0while earning a degree from Eastern Illinois University. Although his athletic career was complete,\u00a0he spent the next 62 years following, encouraging and supporting his\u00a0four\u00a0boys, his\u00a014\u00a0grandchildren and\u00a019\u00a0great\u00a0grandchildren.\u00a0After earning his degree Ron was an administrative manager with St. Anthony Memorial Hospital and held multiple administrative positions with IDOT District 7 before retiring in 2004 after 32 years of service.\u00a0 Ron and Joyce enjoyed many competitive rounds of golf together at the Effingham Country Club. Ron was a proud and active lifelong member of St. Anthony Parish.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ron is survived by\u00a0Joyce,\u00a0his\u00a0wife of 65 years\u00a0and his sons; Scott (Sue) Kabbes, Brian (Dana) Kabbes, Craig (Tessie) Kabbes and Chris (Pam) Kabbes; grandchildren,\u00a0Krista (Jake) Niebrugge, Kari (Ray) Zumbahlen, Tyler\u00a0(Jackie) Kabbes, Kelcey (Jory)\u00a0Chadwick, Steven (Katherine) Kabbes, Allie (Kennon)\u00a0Cox, Michael (Jackie) Kabbes, James (Cissa) Kabbes,\u00a0Katie Kabbes,\u00a0Elizabeth Kabbes, Joseph (Lauren) Kabbes, Will Kabbes, Anna\u00a0Kabbes, Gabby Kabbes;\u00a0and\u00a019\u00a0great grandchildren; sister\u00a0Norma McCollough.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Bill,\u00a0Vic, Frank\u00a0and Don.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron died on Thursday, August 21st<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ronald W. 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