Wilma Leone Lahre Keller

MORGAN, LAHRE, KELLER, EDEN, COATES

Posted By: Ruth Maring- Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/18/2007 at 18:05:21

The Clinton Herald
Published: February 13, 2007 02:18 pm

Wilma Leone Lahre Keller

Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Law Jones Funeral Home, Savanna.

SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Michael Jones, pastor of York Baptist Church, Thomson, Ill., officiating.

SAVANNA, Ill. — Wilma Leone Lahre Keller, 96, of Savanna, died Saturday at Rockford (Ill.) Memorial Hospital.

Burial will be in Savanna Township Cemetery.

She was born March 29, 1910, in Savanna to William and Sue Ann Morgan Lahre. She married Delbert H. Keller on Sept. 24, 1965. He died in 1982.

She attended Savanna schools.

She was a homemaker.

She was a member of Savanna United Methodist Church and was involved in church circles during her younger years.

In 1992, she moved to Rockford and lived for almost 15 years with her nephew and his wife.

Survivors include one sister, Ruth (Lester) Eden of Rock Falls, Ill.; two brothers in-law, Alvin Coates of Dubuque and Oscar Keller of Madison, Wis.; five nephews and one niece; and many great-nephews and nieces and great-great-nephews and nieces.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First United Methodist Church, Savanna, or the Rockford Rescue Mission, Box 1958, Rockford, IL 61110.

Condolences may be made online at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com.

She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, husband, two sisters, two brothers and one sister-in-law.

Death date: Feb. 10, 2007