10/13/1942 - 12/28/2008

Ronald Dean Kesler, Sr., 66, died at 1:25 p.m. on Sunday, December 28, 2008, in the Jane Phillips Medical Center.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. the following Friday in the Trinity Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Gordon of Trinity Baptist Church officiating. Interment was in the Ethel Reece Cemetery at Barnsdall, Oklahoma under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.

Casket escorts included: Rob Kesler, Ron Kesler, Andrew Kesler, Caleb Kesler, Jesse Carley and Brandon Sturm.

Ronald Dean Kesler Sr. was born October 13, 1942 at Independence, Kansas to Quintin and Mary Isabelle (Hummel) Kesler. He was raised and received his education in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was married to Janette Marie Henson on September 18, 1964 at Bartlesville. Mr. Kesler owned and operated General Maintenance Company for forty-four years retiring in October of 2008. Mr. Kesler was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bartlesville.

Survivors include; his wife Janette Marie Kesler of the family home; two sons Ronald Dean Kesler Jr. and his wife Julie and Rob Kelser and his wife Teresa; all of Bartlesville; one daughter Laura Kesler of El Reno, Oklahoma one sister Marlene Merritt also of Bartlesville; five grandchildren; Amanda Gutierrez, Toni Armitage, Kelsi Kesler, Andrew Kesler and Caleb Kesler and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.