Erma Dean Kell was born Sept. 11, 1931, to Mae Nichols Kell and Horace Kell in Ashley Creek, Mo. She was the fourth born sibling of five: Oliver, Faye, Violet and Bobby Kell, each of her siblings, lived in Missouri. Erma married the love of her life, Wendell Hampton Byler on Jan. 29, 1955. Wendell always said she was the most beautiful woman in Brown County. Together they had three children: daughter, Theresa Faye and sons, Wynn Morris and John Shane Byler. Being a wife and mother was something Erma truly found extreme joy in. She spent her life taking care of Wendell and their children.
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