Nora (Meyer) Kersten

Nora Esther Irene Meyer Kersten was born August 6, 1927 on the family farm near Perry in Falls County, Texas to Christian and Rosa Drews Meyer and passed away June 4, 2022 at the age of 94. She was baptized on Sep 4, 1927 at Trinity Lutheran Church near Riesel and confirmed on April 6, 1941 at the same church.

Nora met Roy Kersten at a yard party before he left for the military during World War II and they became engaged upon his return from the occupational forces of Japan in 1946 They were married on October 30, 1946 at Trinity Lutheran Church near Riesel, Texas and celebrated 63 years of marriage before Roy passed away in September 2010.

She loved working on the farm, gardening, cooking and making a home. She read cookbooks and gardening books like most people read novels. Family and friends were important and she kept close to their all of them.

She and Dad loved sporting events. They watched their grandchildren play football and basketball all the way from T-ball through high school. They loved watching their Marlin Bulldogs football and basketball games, the Baylor Bears, Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers.

In addition to Roy, Nora was preceded in death by her parents; brother Ruben Meyer and his wife Iris, sisters Dora Papendorf and her husband Edmond, and Laura Siss and her husband Herbert; great-grandson Matthew Polster; and by Roy’s family.

Survivors include daughter Peggy Polster and husband Wayne of Yoakum; sons Jimmy Kersten and wife Jane of Riesel and Randy Kersten and wife Holly of Galveston; grandchildren: Travis Kersten and wife Kathy of Blanco; Nathan Polster and wife Teresa of Cuero; Todd Kersten of Riesel; Meredith Kersten and partner Kristen Smuland of Austin; Brittany Reeves and husband John of Birmingham, Alabama; adopted granddaughters Anna Schnack and husband Erik of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Eva Papendorf of Dallas; great-grandchildren Sawyer, Darby, and Brenna Kersten of Blanco; Christian, Courtney and Hayden Polster of Cuero, Lane, Sawyer and Harper Schnack of Lake Charles, Louisiana; godson Russell Summers of Round Rock; nieces and nephews Evelyn Summers and husband Joe of Mart, Texas; Donnie Papendorf and wife Linda of Dallas, Texas, JoAnn Carpenter of West, Texas; Jerry Kersten and wife Parma of Dallas, Texas, Charlotte Ann Massey of Springfield, Mo and adopted niece Jeannie Dickerson of Robinson.

Visitation will be held on Monday, June 6, 2020 from 5 pm to 7 pm at Adams Funeral Home in Marlin Texas. Services will be held on Tuesday, June 7, 2020 at 10 am at Grace Lutheran Church, 432 Houghton, Marlin, Texas. Interment will be beside her husband in Hillcrest Cemetery near Marlin, Texas.

Pallbearers will be Travis Kersten, Nathan Polster, Todd Kersten, Jim Kersten, Russell Summers, Jerry Kersten. Honorary pallbearers will be Randy Kersten, Wayne Polster, Donny Papendorf and Joe Summers.