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Korla Kessler

December 21, 1948 — March 5, 2021

Korla Jeane Kessler, 72, died Friday, March 5, 2021.


Visitation: Wednesday, March 10, 2021, from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm with the family to receive friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Funeral Service: 2:00 pm, Thursday, March 11, 2021, both at Smith Mortuary, Derby. Interment to follow at Wilmot Cemetery, Winfield Kansas.


She was preceded in death by her parents, Preston and Dorothy McBride; brother, Kevin Patrick Hamlin; granddaughter, Isabella.


Korla is survived by her eight children, Dorothy Weishapl (Robert), Melanie Burnett-Wilson (Billy), Daniel Lankford, Michael Keifenheim (Stacy), Kimberly Weninger (David), Travis Kessler, Jarra Kessler, Amanda Kessler; 33 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; sisters, Tammy Beyard (Bobby) and their children, and Holly Rivers (Albert); and her beloved Yorkie, Shyanne.

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First Visitation

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

1:00 - 8:00 pm

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

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Wilmot Cemetery

, Derby, KS 67037

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