This is part of Jeff's family.... Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune March 23, 1980 p. 43 Mrs. Martha Jane Kesler Mrs. Martha Jane Kesler, 77, of 3319 Northside Blvd., died at 11 a.m. Saturday in her home after a three week illness. She was born on Sept. 4, 1902, in Mentone, Indiana and moved from there in 1930. As Martha Jane Ward, she was married on Sept. 23, 1920, in Mentone to Dewey O. Kesler, who died on Sept. 12, 1965. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Willadene McFarland and Miss. Lorraine Kesler, both of South Bend, and Mrs. Sharon Sue Thompson, of Mishawaka; two sons Robert of Pittsburgh, Calif., and Dale of Kinston, N. C.; a brother, Coy Ward; 14 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Hollis Palmer Funeral Home, 258 Mishawaka Ave. with Rev. Harry Dale Collier, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association. ****************************************************************** Submitted By Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune Sept. 13, 1965 Sept. 14, 1965 Funeral Notes Kesler - Pallbearers at serves for Dewey O. Kesler, 3319 Northside Blvd., who died Sunday, will be Clyde Stucker, Frank Metzger, Frank De Freeuw, Donald Gard, Russell Randolph and Charles Lehman. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hollis Funeral Home, Rev. William Burgess, pastor of Gospel Center Church, officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka, Dewey O. Kesler Dewey O. Kesler, 66, of 3319 Northside Blvd., a retired employee of the Torrington Co., died at 10:30 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital, he had been ill one year. Mrs. Kesler was born in March 8, 1899, in Rochester, Ind. He came to South Bend 25 years ago from Mentone, On Step 23, 1920, in Mentone, He married Martha Ward, who survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Sharon and Lorraine both at home, and Mrs. Joseph McFarland of South Bend; two sons, Robert of California, and Dale of Kinston, N. C.; 10 grandchildren; three brothers, Benjamin of Knox, Ind., John of Bremen and Herbert of South Bend, and three sisters, Mrs. Annie Correll of Wisconsin, Mrs. Raymond Willmarth of South Bend, and Mrs. Harvey Gygi of Wisconsin. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today and from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Hollis Funeral Home.