Funeral services for Don Esslinger, 76, of Bayard, will be Thursday at 10:30 am at the Church of Christ in Bayard.  Burial will be in the Highland Township Cemetery in Bayard.  Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 pm to 7 pm at the Ohde Funeral Home in Bayard.  Visitation will resume Thursday morning at 9:30 until the time of the service at the church.  Survivors include:  Wife, Karen.  Children, Khristi Woody of Monroe, Kathy Keuning of Monroe, Doug Esslinger of Bayard and Dennis Esslinger of Bayard.  13 grandchildren and step-sister Ellen Fischer of Thorp, Washington.