{"id":204543,"date":"2026-04-03T14:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204543"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:09:41","slug":"dolores-e-keysor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/04\/03\/dolores-e-keysor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores E. Keysor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dolores E. Keysor went to be with our lord and Savior on Thursday, April 2, 2026.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolores was born January 6, 1930,\u00a0to Doyle D. and Verda V. (Miller) Burkholder and grew up in Delphos Ohio and graduated from Delphos Jefferson High School in 1948.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dolores Keysor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

She married Dale L Keysor on August 22, 1948, and\u00a0they were blessed with three children.\u00a0Kathy Ann Keysor born August 23, 1949 and unfortunately passed away during infancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their second daughter was Pamela S. Keysor who married Thomas E. Bockey, who passed away from cancer\u00a0in 2000.\u00a0She is now married to her current husband Dennis K. Smith and they reside in Van Wert. She has two stepchildren, Shelly and\u00a0Lisa and five grandchildren, Landon, Ava, Ivy, Issac and the late Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their third daughter is Kristie L Keysor\u00a0 who was married to Rex Pollock, who also passed away of cancer.\u00a0They had three children — a son, Scott, and twin daughters Arica and Andrea. She is now married to Jim Snyder and they reside in Van Wert. Jim and Kris have six grandchildren, Ryanne, Bentley, Rex, Katlyn, Risa, Emma and a step-grandson Gavin.\u00a0They also have two great-grandchildren, Clarissa and Leilani.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolores handled many roles in the\u00a0family farming business known as D&D Farms and held many different volunteer positions.\u00a0She was a member of the Homemaker\u2019s Club and Counsel and was awarded the honor of women of the year award.\u00a0Dale and her were big advocates for the Lions Club of Van Wert, Farm Bureau, and\u00a0Gideons Spouse Group.\u00a0She especially enjoyed playing cards, travel\u00a0 and camping trips in their younger years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Keysor also leaves behind twin granddaughters, Arica (Ryan) Wermer and\u00a0Andrea (Dennis) Merriman both of Van Wert; a grandson, Scott (Lanna) Pollock of Colorado Springs; grandaughters, Lisa Smith and Shelley Bowers of\u00a0Indiana, plus 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolores was known as “Grahamcracker” by her granddaughters Arica and Andrea and that was her name that many people knew her by. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Keysor leaves behind a legacy of commitment and  love for her family and her kindness that she showed everyday among friends and family. She was a very classy lady that always had her make up and hair done everyday to match her charisma. She took pride in the beautiful loving life that her and Dale had created and will remain a legacy for generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Her love shaped generations, and her memory will carry us forward.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funeral services for Dolores will be held at 12 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, at Cowan & Son Funeral Home of Van Wert. Visitation will also be on Wednesday, April 8, starting at 10 a.m. Interment will follow after services at Ridge Cemetery, Ridge Township.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preferred memorials: the United Way of Van Wert, Trinity Global Church or EverHeart Hospice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online condolences may be expressed on the Tribute Wall at cowanfuneralhome.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dolores E. Keysor went to be with our lord and Savior on Thursday, April 2, 2026.\u00a0 Dolores was born January 6, 1930,\u00a0to Doyle D. and Verda V. (Miller) Burkholder and grew up in Delphos Ohio and graduated from Delphos Jefferson High School in 1948.\u00a0 \u00a0 She married Dale L Keysor on August 22, 1948, and\u00a0they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 10:39:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204546,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204543\/revisions\/204546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}