CARMEN KESSLER

Carmen Dale Kessler, 92, of LaBelle, Mo., died September 19, 2024, in Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, Mo. She was born June 30, 1932, in Colony, Mo., the daughter of Burley Randolph and Emma Lillian Lanz Hustead.
She was united in marriage to Albert Ralph Kessler March 4, 1950 in Kirksville, Mo., and he preceded her in death on July 7, 2020. 
Carmen attended school in Colony, Mo. She worked in several factories in the area and owned Kessler’s Bar in LaBelle for several years. She and her husband worked several years at Motel 6. Carmen was a strong loving mother and grandmother who loved her family and grandchildren very much. She enjoyed bowling, bingo, driving her scooter around LaBelle, and watching the St. Louis Cardinals. She had also enjoyed taking trips with her sisters the past twenty-seven years across the United States.
Surviving are five children, Debra (Terry) Guinn of Knox City, Mo., Kelly (Jeannie) Kessler of Quincy, Ill., Patti (Tim) Woodard of LaBelle, Mo., Terry Alan Kessler of LaBelle, Mo., and Tracy Albert (Anna) Kessler of Williamstown, Mo., fifteen grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, one brother Elza Dale Hustead of Edina, Mo., several nieces and nephews, one brother-in-law and several sisters-in-law.
Carmen was also preceded in death by her parents, two sons Scott Craig Kessler and Jerry Keith Kessler, five sisters, Anna Mae Hudson, Wilda Marie Hudson, Sandy Walker, Shirley Jean Wheeler and Bonnie Forsythe and five brothers, Vernon, Orville, Earl Lee, Larry and Harry Hustead.
Funeral services were held September 23, 2024 in the Coder Funeral Chapel in LaBelle, Mo. Reverend Lance Bonnell officiated the services. Visitation was held September 22, 2024 in the Coder Funeral Chapel in LaBelle, Mo. Casket bearers: Nathaniel Parrish, Coby Kessler, Mark Stroud, Terry Kessler, Tracy Kessler, Kelly Kessler and Luke Pivoroff.
Burial was in the Knox City Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the Knox City Cemetery. Memorials may be left at or mailed to Coder Funeral Chapel, P.O. Box 151, LaBelle, MO 63447.