Bernadine “Bess” Keller, 88, of Cranberry Township died Sunday at Shelbourne Assisted Living, Penn Township.

Born Sept. 9, 1922, in Swanton, Md., she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Annie Louise Howell Bateman.

Mrs. Keller and her late husband, Jacob Earl Keller, owned and operated Keller Ceramics in Cranberry Township for many years.

She was a member of the Christian Community Church of Mars.

She is survived by three daughters, Margaret Ruege and her husband, Thomas, of Zelienople, Vicky Browning and her husband, Joseph, of Telford, Tenn., and Tammy Locascio and her husband, Peter, of East Stroudsburg, Monroe County; two sisters, Margaret Fitzwater of Roanoke, Va., and Mary Serpone of Mount Airy, Md.; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jacob Earl Keller, and also by three brothers.

<B>KELLER</B> — Friends of Bernadine “Bess” Keller, who died Sunday, March 6, 2011, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the <B>Glenn-Kildoo Funeral Home & Cremation Services</B>, 130 Wisconsin Ave., Cranberry Township, where funeral services will follow at 8 p.m. with Pastor Dan Turney officiating. Burial in the Pinewood Memorial Gardens, Cranberry Township, is private.Online condolences and directions are available at www.glennkildoofuneralhome.com.