Beula E. Bodistow Kestler, 97, of Pinecrest Manor, St. Marys, and formerly of Wilcox and Johnsonburg, died Wednesday night, January 18, 2023 at Pinecrest Manor. She was born on May 14, 1927 in DuBois, PA to the late Herman L. and Edith S. Lydick Delp. On November 20, 1965 in St. Anne’s Church, Wilcox, she married Anthony J. Bodistow. He passed away September 27, 2005. On February 16, 2007 in Sacred Heart Church, St. Marys, she married John R. “Jack” Kestler. He preceded her in death on July 31, 2017.

Beula had lived in St. Marys since 2007. She had previously lived in Wilcox for 47 years and had lived in Johnsonburg for 42 years and DuBois. She was a 1943 graduate of Brady Twp. High School. Beula was a member of St. Anne’s Church and had been a Girl Scout Leader for many years. She loved to cook, bake, sew and quilt and had been a member of quilting groups in St. Marys and Kane. She had retired from Stackpole Corp. in 1980 after 39 years of service in Johnsonburg and Kane.

Beula is survived by step-children: Carl Bodistow of Wilcox and Sharon Kestler of Erie, grandchildren Michael Proctor and his wife Christina and Sara, Mrs. Lars Johannesen and great-grandchildren Lillian and Eli Proctor. She is also survived by sisters Hazel Kriner of DuBois, Jeanette Hayes of Luthersburg and Evelyn, Mrs. Richard Vandervort of Falls Creek.

Beula is predeceased by her parents, husbands Anthony Bodistow and John “Jack” Kestler, a daughter Mary M. Kepner, sisters Vera Shaffer and Elsie King and a brother Willis Delp.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Beula E. Bodistow Kestler will be conducted at St. Anne’s Church, Wilcox on Monday January 23, 2023 at 10 AM with Fr. David Wilson, Pastor, as celebrant. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Rasselas.

Friends will be received at the Anthony F Ferragine Funeral Home and Cremation Services Chapel, 401 Chestnut Street Johnsonburg, PA
on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 PM.