McKeon, Nina May (Dresser) - 1885 -1964

DRESSER, MCKEON, SMITH, SWENSON, BOWMAN, SPRAGUE

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 10/4/2014 at 20:36:48

Source: Galesburg, Illinois newspaper (between March 12 and March 14, 1964)
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Dresser Family researcher)

Funeral services for Mrs. Nina May McKeon, age 79, who died Thursday night, March 12, 1964 at her home at 542 Maple Avenue will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. at First Methodist Chapel. Friends may call Sunday evening at Hinchcliff and Pearson Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Postville, Iowa cemetery.

Mrs. McKeon was born in Post Township at Postville on February 2, 1885 to Alonzo Harvey Dresser and Sarah Samantha (Smith) Dresser. She attended Iowa State Teachers College and taught school until her marriage to Harry J. McKeon at Dubuque, Iowa on March 1, 1910. He died July 2, 1945.

Mrs. McKeon was a member of the First Methodist Church and a past president of the Baracca Berean Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Galesburg Women's Club and a past president of the Womens Relief Corps. Surviving are a niece and a nephew, Mrs. Mervin Miller of Milford, Iowa and Paul Sprague of Estherville, Iowa.

Note:

The siblings of Nina May (Dresser) McKeon were:
1. Arthur Alonzo Dresser who married Maria Swenson.
2. Mabel S. Dresser who married Frank Lester Bowman.
3. Ama Irene Dresser who married Charles Coleman Sprague.