In June 2001, Kafer Peele was selected as the Veteran Service Representative for the Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs Central Office. On April 17, 2002, Kafer Peele was hired as the new State Cemetery Program Director for the KCVA.
Mr. Peele was born in Lexington, North Carolina and was raised in a small coastal town on the eastern seaboard. He graduated from West Carteret High School in 1984. After graduation he worked for a small land surveying and engineering firm on the coastal waters for three years. In December 1987, he enlisted in the United States Army where he served two tours and was honorably discharged in December 1994. During his tours he was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Bamberg, Germany; and Fort Riley, Kansas.
In 1996, using his G.I. Bill, Mr. Peele attended Cloud County Community College to work on his associate degree in General Studies. He transferred to Emporia State University in December 1998 and graduated in December 2000 with Bachelor of Science degree in History and a Minor in Political Science. He is currently working on his Masters in American History from Emporia State University. During Mr. Peele’s last year of school, while finishing up his Bachelors Degree and starting his Masters, he worked as a consultant for the SEEM Center Project for the University of Kansas. At this same time he was completing his internship at the Lyon County Historical Society Museum where he interned as an assistant curator and exhibitor before taking a position with the Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs.
He met his wife, Jan Peele, formerly known as Jan Tudor while attending a local church in Abilene, Kansas. She is a graduate of Emporia State University and currently teaches third grade at Appanoose Elementery School in West Franklin County. He and his wife have two children of their own, Brooke and Jordan Peele. They also share three children from previous marriages. Their names are Zachary and Ashley Peele and Zachary Leifried.
Mr. Peele is an accredited Service Representative for the Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and an appointed Service Officer for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.