Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Keeling
Obituaries
Keeling
The Shelbyville News
January 12, 1972
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Mrs. Keeling Dies in Hospital
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Mrs. Lois M. Keeling, 71, R. R. 1, Waldron, died
today at Major Hospital
A Shelby County native, [she] spent her entire life in the Liberty Township community. A
school teacher in early life, Mrs. Keeling was a member of the Waldron United Methodist Church, the Vienna Afternoon Club, Waldron Chapter Order of Eastern Star and Delta Theta Tau Sorority. Born Sept. 8, 1900, [she] was the daughter of Franklin P. and Anna (Heck) McKay. She was married to Fred A. Keeling on Feb 27, 1920, and he survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. William (Suzanne) Smith, R. R. 3, Shelbyville, Mrs. Raymond (Jacqueline) Stocklin, R. R. 3, Greensburg, and Mrs. James (Elizabeth) Harlamert, R. R. 1, Needham; two sisters, Mrs. Mable Thornburg, R. R. 1, St. Paul, and Miss Eunice McKay, Madison, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A brother preceded in death. Services will be Friday at .. the Carmony Funeral Home in St. Paul. The Rev. Paul Gentry will officiate and burial will be in Van Pelt Cemetery.
January 12, 1972
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Mrs. Keeling Dies in Hospital
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Submitted and summarized by Don T. Mitchell
The Shelbyville Republican
Decmeber 27, 1948
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COUNTY MAN'S BROTHER DIES
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Dr. Charles M. Keeling Succumbs
in South Dakota
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Word has been received by Dr. J. E. Keeling of Waldron of the death of his brother Dr. Charles M. Keeling in Springfield, S.D.Decmeber 27, 1948
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COUNTY MAN'S BROTHER DIES
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Dr. Charles M. Keeling Succumbs
in South Dakota
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Dr. Keeling had suffered a paralytic stroke and died Christmas Day at the home of a daughter Mrs. Era Kirby with whom he resided. He was 85 years of age.
He was born in Bartholomew county in February, 1863, the son of Dr. W. W. and Mary (Spiers) Keeling. Surviving with daughter whose home he died and the brother are three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in Springfield Wednesday and the body will be brought to the home of the brother, Dr. J. E. Keeling in Waldron. The time for the last rites and burial services will be announced by D. E. Carmony of St. Paul.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
October 6, 1947
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Long Illness is Fatal to
Wife of Dr. J. E. Keeling
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Mrs. Mary Jane Keeling, age seventy-one, widely known resident of Shelby county, died at her home in Waldron at 12:30 o'clock this morning. She had been ill for several years and in serious condition for the past two months. Her husband, Dr. J. E. Keeling, recently resigned the post of county health commissioner because of her ill health. Born in Tipton county on February 20, 1876, Mrs. Keeling had spent the greater part of her life in the Waldron community. She was the daughter of William A. and Elizabeth Margaret (Allen) Mitchell. Her marriage to Dr. Keeling took place on April 29, 1896, and they became the parents of four children. A daughter died in infancy and those surviving are Dr. F. E. Keeling, of Portland; Fred A. Keeling, of near Waldron, and Mrs. J. O. [Gladys] Durant of Chicago. Also surviving are five grandchildren; two brothers, George Mitchell of Waldron, and Dr. E. T. Mitchell of Romney; one sister, Mrs. E. K. [Bertha] Amos of near Shelbyville; one step-son, Roy E. Keeling of Youngstown, O., and one half-brother, John W. Mitchell of Dayton, O. Mrs. Keeling was a member of the Waldron Methodist Church and funeral services will be held there Wednesday morning at 10:30 with the Rev. C. W. Scott, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Park T. Rushford, officiating. Burial will be made in the VanPelt cemetery in charge of D. E. Carmony of St. Paul. Friends may call at the late home after 7:00 o'clock this evening.October 6, 1947
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Long Illness is Fatal to
Wife of Dr. J. E. Keeling
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Submitted by Don T. Mitchell, grandson of George W. Mitchell of Waldron
A Shelbyville Newspaper
Monday, April 1, 1946
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DEATH CLAIMS
JOHN R. KEELING
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Well Known Local Business
Man Succumbs
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John R. Keeling, 85, in the grocery business here for the past 64 years, passed away at 3:35 p.m. Saturday at the home of his son, Sherman Keeling, on Spring Hill road after an illness of ten years.Monday, April 1, 1946
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DEATH CLAIMS
JOHN R. KEELING
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Well Known Local Business
Man Succumbs
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Mr. Keeling's business had been in the same location on Van Ave., for the past 53 years. The store there was opened on May 15, 1893.
The son of Dr. and Mrs. William Keeling, he was born in Nemaha, Neb., Nov. 16, 1850. Mr. Keeling was a member of the West St. Methodist Church, Shelby Lodge, No. 28, F. & A.M. and had been a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge for sixty-five years.
Surviving are the son, Sherman Keeling; one daughter, Mrs. Harry Gray, also of Shelbyville; three grandchildren; two brothers, Dr. James E. Keeling, of Waldron, and Dr. Charles M. Keeling, of Springfield, S. D.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Morris H. Sleeth funeral home at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. A. J. Spaulding, pastor of the West St. Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. today.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, May 28, 1925
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Mrs. Mary Keeling, prominently known aged woman, died at 5:00 o'clock Wednesday evening at the home of her son, Dr. J. E. Keeling, in Waldron, after a serious illness of several weeks. Her death was caused by a complication of diseases incidental to her advanced age. She had been in ill health for several months.Thursday, May 28, 1925
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Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Friday morning from the late home at Waldron, after which the body will be taken to Nemeha, Neb., her former home, for burial. H. A. Hageman, of the Morris H. Sleeth firm is the undertaker in charge.
Mrs. Keeling was the former Miss Mary R. Speirs, and was born July 25, 1839, in Switzerland county, Ind., being at the time of death, eighty-five years, nine months and twenty-five days old. In the year 1858, she was united in marriage with W. W. Keeling at Nemeha, Neb., where the couple resided until his death in 1918. Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Keeling made her home with her son at Waldron.
She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for more than sixty years and had also been affiliated with the order of [my copy ends here].
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
