Mrs. AMOS (Helen E. Haas) KELLER

KAY, ZIMMERMAN, AHRENDT, HAAS

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 3/24/2003 at 07:43:50

Helen E. Keller

Telegraph Herald - Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Helen E. (Haas) Keller, 86, of Denton, Texas, formerly of Dubuque, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, in Denton, after a short illness.

Burial of the cremated remains was in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, next to her husband. The Schmitz-Floyd-Andersen Funeral Home, Denton, was in charge of arrangements.

She was born on Jan. 4, 1916, in Dubuque. She married the Rev. Amos Keller in 1935. Together they had three children.

Surviving are her children, Barbara (Phil) Kay, of Hawaii, Allen (Donna), of Michigan, and Judy (Augie) Zimmerman, of Texas; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews in this area.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Amos, in 1978; her mother, Anna (Ahrendt) Haas; a sister, Wanda; and brothers, George, Bill, Warren and Carl, all of Dubuque, and Homer, of California.