Memorial services for Josie Dena Messersmith will be held today at 1 pm at the Episcopal Church of Our Savior with the Rev. James E. Krotz officiating.

Burial of her cremains will be 3:30 pm Saturday, August 10, 1985 in the Farnam Cemetery at Farnam, Nebraska.

Miss Messersmith, 81, 2016 W. Fourth, North Platte, Nebraska, died Wednesday in her home. She was born June 1, 1904 at Stockville, Nebraska to Harry and Mary R. (Johnson) Messersmith. She had three brothers, Emery O., Orvis A., and Lauren H. Messersmith.

Josie began her teaching career in Frontier County in 1922 and finished her teaching career in the North Platte Public Schools of seventeen years before retiring in 1969.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the church.

Tabler Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Telegrah, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska. Saturday, August 10, 1985.