Services Held Wednesday For James Kessler

Services were held Wednesday at the Walker Mortuary for James A. Kessler, 69, of Rt. 1, Liberty Center.

Mr. Kessler, a well known retired farmer and carpenter, died Sunday in Heller Memorial Hospital, where be had been admitted April 13 for surgery.

He was a Washington Township trustee for 16 years and a former member of the Liberty Center Food Locker Association.

Surviving are his wife, Sadie Whitmire Kessler; 3 sons, Lawrence and Harold, of Liberty Center, and Melvin, of Colton; 4 daughters, Mrs. Mildred Amos, Walbridge; Mrs. Bernice Moore, Colton; Mrs. Grace Seymour, Milan, Ill., and Mrs. Pauline Lambert, Delta; 4 brothers, Homer and George, of Napoleon; Royal and Wilbur of Liberty Center; 28 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Burial was in Young Cemetery.