RUMFORD — It is with great sorrow the Kersey family mourns the loss of their “Queen,” Frances Ruth Kersey, mother of six children, of Rumford who died Monday, July 2, at the Rumford Hospital.

She was born in Rumford, March 11, 1927, a daughter Thomas and Gladys (Pratt) Ellis. She was a graduate of Mexico High School and Bernard’s Beautician School. For many years, she and her husband owned and operated the Mexico Chicken Coop in Mexico.

Frances was a communicant of the Parish of The Holy Savior St. Athanasius-St. John Church in Rumford; a member of St. Timothy Circle 504 Daughters of Isabella and was a former member of the VFW Auxiliary.

With the grace of God, she lived a life of many blessings. She loved to travel and entertain. She also loved flowers and Roxbury Pond. Most of all, she loved her beautiful family and her many friends. Her elegance and presence on this earth shall be forever missed.

She married the love of her life of 60 years in Rumford, Sept. 5, 1951, Leo F. “Demps” Kersey Jr., who survives of Rumford.

Other survivors include a daughter, Charlene Kersey Newcomb and Doug Ryan; three sons, Leo Francis Kersey III and wife, Lori-Lynne, Michael Thomas Kersey and wife, Candy, Patrick Sean Kersey and wife, Deanna; her only son-in-law, David Martineau of 41 years; grandchildren, Matthew Augustus Slover, Lori Frances Fakler, Kelly Ann Sastamoine, George A. Newcomb III, Leo Francis Kersey IV, Erik S. Kersey, Brooke Lynne Kersey, Michael Thomas Kersey Jr. and Kathleen Frances Kersey; four great-grandchildren, Jackson and David Bryce Fakler, Tucker and Ava Sastamoine.

She joins her two daughters, born of love, Colleen Marie Martineau and Kathleen Frances Kersey in the Heavenly Kingdom of God along with her brothers, Ivis and Harold Ellis and sisters, June Nisbet and Esther Brock.

Friends and relatives are invited to sign the online guest book and share memories with the family at www.meaderandson.com.