The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday October 30, 1924
Page 8 column 3
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DEATH  FOLLOWS  LONG  ILLNESS
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Mrs. William H. Kessler Died Wednesday
At Home Near Meltzerville
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FUNERAL  SERVICE  FRIDAY
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          Mrs. Cora Mae Kessler, age thirty-five years, wife of  William H. Kessler, died Wednesday afternoon at four o’clock at their home on the old Meltzer homestead, one-half mile south of Meltzerville.  Her death was caused by a complication of diseases, with which she had been ill for some time.
          Mrs. Kessler was a daughter of  Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Meltzer  of Union township.  She was born in Shelby county on November 3, 1888, and had lived all her life in the county.  She was a member of the Vienna Methodist Episcopal church.
          Besides her husband she leaves her parents, and one brother, Brady Meltzer, of Union township.  George Ensminger, of this city, was an uncle of  Mrs. Meltzer.
          Funeral services will be conducted at the home Friday morning at ten o’clock, the Rev. R. O. Pearson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Waldron, officiating.  Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery, R. T. Stewart in charge.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Bob McKenzie

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