Joan Auldridge Kesler, 82

BETHANY BEACH - Joan Auldridge Kesler, 82, of Bethany Beach, formerly of Washington, D.C., passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at her daughter's home in Raleigh, N.C. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Graham Phillips Kesler in 1998. She is survived by three children, John Kevin Kesler, Regina K. O'Connor, and Katherine K. Winfield; ten grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four brothers; three sisters-in-law; and many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Bethany Beach. A visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, at the Ocean View Chapel of Melson Funeral Services. Interment will follow at Mariner's Bethel Cemetery, Ocean View. Letters of condolences may be sent by visiting www.melsonfuneralservices.com.