Born February 4, 1912 in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Albert E. Wayland and Mary Mae (Hadden) Wayland.

Mrs. Kerestes was a homemaker. She had also been employed at Sylvania Electric Products. Mrs. Kerestes has been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church since 1946. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, sewing, knitting and other handiwork.

Mrs. Kerestes is survived by five daughters, Janet and her husband William of Alvey of Lincolnton, North Carolina with whom she made her home since October, Judy and her husband William Warhola of Westminster, Colorado, Linda and her husband Joseph Varos of Sarasota, Florida, Avanell and her husband Lee Mock of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, Mary Ellen and her husband William Thomas of Pembroke, Virginia; fifteen grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren, four sisters, Edna Jones of DuBois, Pennsylvania, Mary Ruth Larimer of Luthersburg,, Pennsylvania, Helen Heist of Stuart, Florida, and Catherine Ament of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania and also by a number of nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Kerestes was preceded in death by her first husband, Edward Yonker who passed away in 1935, and also by her second husband, John D. Kerestes who she married in 1943 and passed away October 15, 1968. She was also preceded in death by one son, Charles Yonker, one sister, Velma Broker and one brother, Robert Wayland.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, June 24, 2010 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Services will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Thomas M. Pierotti and Vicar Scott Schul of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Burial Estates.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive, Butler, Pennsylvania, 16001.