Verna Joan Mattern1
F, #72371, b. 10 April 1940, d. 1 November 2013
Last Edited=27 Oct 2024
Verna Joan Mattern was born on 10 April 1940, Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, PA.1 She married Leonard Irvin Kessler, son of Charles T. Kessler and Elsie Marie Schweinhart, circa 1959.1,2 Verna Joan Mattern died on 1 November 2013, The Manor at Susquehanna Village, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 73.1
Funeral home obituary:
Verna Joan Kessler
April 10, 1940 - November 1, 2013
Verna Joan Kessler, age 73, formerly of Spring Glen, passed away Friday, November 1, 2013 at The Manor at Susquehanna Village, Millersburg after a long exhausting fight with multiple sclerosis. She was born on Wednesday, April 10, 1940, in Upper Mahantongo Twp, a daughter of the late Cloyd D Mattern, Sr and Verna M Snyder Mattern. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sacramento. Her husband Leonard I Kessler passed away in 2005. She was also preceded in death by two brothers Cloyd Mattern, Jr and Ray Mattern; and a sister Esther Schwartz. She is survived by two daughters Beverly A Hockenberry and her husband Jim of Shermansdale and Holly J Jury and her husband Chris of Elizabethville; a granddaughter Cortney Koppenhaver of Spring Glen; a grandson Colby Jury of Elizabethville; six great grandchildren; and two sisters Ruby Smith and Lena Schwartz. Funeral services were held at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sacramento, on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at 11:00 am, with Rev. Raymond Holland officiating. A viewing was held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Thursday at the church. Burial was made in St. Paul's Cemetery, Sacramento. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, was in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com.3
She was buried at St. Paul's Cemetery, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, PA.1
Funeral home obituary:
Verna Joan Kessler
April 10, 1940 - November 1, 2013
Verna Joan Kessler, age 73, formerly of Spring Glen, passed away Friday, November 1, 2013 at The Manor at Susquehanna Village, Millersburg after a long exhausting fight with multiple sclerosis. She was born on Wednesday, April 10, 1940, in Upper Mahantongo Twp, a daughter of the late Cloyd D Mattern, Sr and Verna M Snyder Mattern. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sacramento. Her husband Leonard I Kessler passed away in 2005. She was also preceded in death by two brothers Cloyd Mattern, Jr and Ray Mattern; and a sister Esther Schwartz. She is survived by two daughters Beverly A Hockenberry and her husband Jim of Shermansdale and Holly J Jury and her husband Chris of Elizabethville; a granddaughter Cortney Koppenhaver of Spring Glen; a grandson Colby Jury of Elizabethville; six great grandchildren; and two sisters Ruby Smith and Lena Schwartz. Funeral services were held at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sacramento, on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at 11:00 am, with Rev. Raymond Holland officiating. A viewing was held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Thursday at the church. Burial was made in St. Paul's Cemetery, Sacramento. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, was in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com.3
She was buried at St. Paul's Cemetery, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, PA.1
Child of Verna Joan Mattern and Leonard Irvin Kessler
- Holly J. Kessler
Citations
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Verna Joan Kessler, Republican and Herald, November 3, 2013, Page A7. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed June 15, 2023).
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Leonard I. Kessler, Republican and Herald, April 18, 2005, Page 21. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed June 15, 2023).
- [S1147] Online Obituary for Verna Joan Kessler, Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, PA; https://www.buffingtonreed.com/obituaries/…