Amelia S. Hesser

Funeral services for Amelia S. Hesser, 98, Eudora, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Porter Funeral Home in Kansas City, Kan. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kan.Mrs. Hesser died Thursday, July 19, 2007, at Eudora Nursing Center.She was born May 22, 1909, in Morganville, the daughter of Ferdinand and Justina Johnson Peterson. She graduated from Bethany College in 1931.Mrs. Hesser was a former member of All Saints Lutheran Church.She married Dr. Herbert Hesser. He died in 1996.Mrs. Hesser also was preceded in death by a son, Frederick S. Hesser, in 1975.Survivors include a son, Herbert H. Hesser Jr., La Feria, Texas; Sandra S. Dolezal, Lawrence; and five grandchildren.The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.The family suggests memorials to the Frederick S. Hesser memorial scholarship fund at Bethany College, 421 N. First, Lindsborg 67456 or the American Red CRoss, sent in care of the funeral home, 1835 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS 66102.