Kessler - Dessie ORear
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 5 June 1963 p 4
New Ross - Mrs. Dessie Margaret Kessler, 80, resident near New Ross for 50 ears died Wednesday at 9 a.m. in Culver Hospital. She had been a patient at the hospital for a day and had been seriously ill for two weeks. Mrs. Kessler was born Sept 29, 1882, the daughter of William H. and Emma Gibson O'Rear. She was married in 1902 to Warner C. Kessler in Jamestown. He died in February 1960. She was a member of the New Ross Christian Church. Survivors of Mrs. Kessler include two sons, Sherman of near New Ross and Warner C Jr. of near Ladoga; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Callane and Miss Ethel O'Rear of Lebanon and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Gephart Funeral Home in Ladoga. Burial will be in New ROss Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday - kbz