Frank Kessinger Greeley Colorado Tribune March 19, 2004 Frank Kessinger, 85, of Greeley died Wednesday, March 17, at The Bridge in Greeley. He was born July 26, 1921, in Bancroft, Neb., to Francis and Clara (Glissman) Kessinger. On Dec. 26, 1948, he married June Cerise in Glenwood Springs. She died in 1997. Mr. Kessinger grew up on a family farm and worked as a migrant farm worker during the Great Depression. He enlisted in the Army in early 1941, served in the 1st Special Service Force and 101st Airborne and earned two Purple Hearts. After his discharge, he attended Colorado State College of Education in Greeley, where he met his wife. Mr. Kessinger operated the White Palace and Chef restaurants in Greeley and the A&W Drive In in Leavenworth, Kan. He later worked for Gordon's, Brannen's and Del Farm grocery stores in Greeley before opening the 11th Avenue Pantry in Evans in 1969. Mr. Kessinger volunteered at the hospital, St. Peter's Catholic Church and the VA in Cheyenne and served on the city council and water boards in Evans. He converted to Roman Catholicism during World War II. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans. Survivors are two daughters, Mimi Josephine Kessinger and husband Robert Parsons and Niki Teresa Kessinger and husband Kevin Doll; three sons, Earl Stephen Kessinger and wife Annalia, Glen Frank Kessinger and wife Denise and Kris Peter Kessinger and wife Griselda; five sisters, Mary Chase of Nebraska, Dorothy Wilson and Katherine Nelson, both of California, and Arlene Kurtz; and seven grandchildren, Dakota Kessinger-Soto, Mollie and Luke Parsons, Nicholas and Kathleen Doll, and Katelyn and Samuel Kessinger. A daughter, Tami Annette Kessinger; his parents and two brothers, Jack (Warren) Kessinger and Glenn Kessinger, are deceased. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Greeley. Cremation. Interment will be at a later date in Rosebud Cemetery, Glenwood Springs. Memorial gifts may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. Allnutt Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements