McKeon, Harry James - 1873 - 1945

MCKEON, DRESSER, BRYANT, ALSDORFF, SPRAGUE, MILLER

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 10/4/2014 at 20:22:15

SOURCE: POSTVILLE HERALD, JULY 1945
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Dresser Family researcher)

FORMER LOCAL LADY'S HUSBAND PASSES ON - 1945

We are in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Nina May (Dresser) McKeon of Galesburg, Illinois, formerly of Postville, Iowa, telling of the passing of her husband, Harry James McKeon at his home on Monday July 2. Funeral services were held July 5 and burial was in Memorial Park, Galesburg, Illinois.

Mr. McKeon, a watchmaker and optometrist for 40 years, the past 28 years in Galesburg, was born August 1, 1873 in Erie County, Pennsylvania, the son of Bart and Delia (Bryant) McKeon-Alsdorff. He attended the school in his home community, graduating from high school and later from the School of Optometry at Minneapolis, Minnesota. On March 1, 1910 he was married to Miss Nina May Dresser of Postville, Iowa who survives him. He has no other near relatives.

Prior to 1909 Mr.McKeon was located in Clermont and Ossian as a watchmaker. While at Ossian he came to Postville one day a week to give violin lessons and it was while thus engaged, he met his future wife. Mr. McKeon retired from business May 1 of this year and has been ill at his home for nine weeks before his passing. Relatives attending the funeral from a distance included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sprague of Maple Hill, Iowa and Mrs. Mervin Miller of Milford, Iowa.