THELMA ESSMYER-JORDAN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN OCTOBER 13, 1919, IN FLAT RIVER, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND VIRGINIA (FORESTER) KELLERMAN. THELMA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT GEORGIAN GARDENS NURSING HOME ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY- YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND SIX DAYS.
THELMA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO PAUL ESSMYER ON MAY 23, 1983, IN IRONTON, MISSOURI.
THELMA IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, PAUL ESSMYER OF CADET, ONE SON JIM JORDAN OF ALTON, ILLINOIS, THREE BROTHERS, CHUCK KELLERMAN OF ST. LOUIS, BOB KELLERMAN OF BRANSON, NOON KELLERMAN OF BRANSON, ONE SISTER, DOROTHY ASHER AND HUSBAND REVEREND HARRY OF ST. LOUIS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS THELMA WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, JOHN KELLERMAN, HER FIRST HUSBAND, SYLVESTER PETTUS AND HER SECOND HUSBAND TED JORDAN.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2000, FROM 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI. BURIAL WAS IN NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI.