Louise Kessel

Louise Marie Kessel, 87, of Rocky Mount, VA., formerly of Ava, died at 4:05 p.m. Sunday, January 27, 2008, in Forest Mountain Rest Home in Rocky Mount.

Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday in Wilson's Funeral Home in Ava, with Father Leo Hayes officiating.  Burial will be in Ava Evergreen Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today and from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer Association.

Mrs. Kessel had retired after 40 years of teaching in the Swanwick and Trico school districts.

She was a member of the Catholic Church, and a life member of the National Education Association.

She was born July 28, 1920, in Modoc, to Henry and Theresia Will Schading.  She married Enos W. Kessel on Dec. 6, 1939, in Perryville, Mo.  He preceded her in death May 6, 1988.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law David E. and Barbara Kessel Sr. of Boones Hill, Va.; three grandchildren and their spouses, Michele and Tim Mason, David E. Kessel, Jr. and Samantha Kessel; one great-granddaughter and her husband, Brianna and Nick Fellner; and one sister, Pearl Hanley of St. Louis.

She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers.

Source:  Submitted by Stella Runyon

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