Keigan, Ina Fay Allen (1896-1992)

KEIGAN, ALLEN, GREENWOOD, ROBERTS, EDWARDS, KEHOE, ADES

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 12/12/2020 at 10:52:00

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Friday, September 11, 1992

Ina Keigan, 96, Webster City, died Sept. 9, 1992 at Crestview Manor Care Center. Graveside services are 3:30 p.m. today at the Cass Center Cemetery, north of Webster City, with Ray Artrip officiating. Visitation is at Cass Center Cemetery today after 2:30 p.m.

Ina Fay Allen, daughter of John and Adabelle (Greenwood) Allen, was born April 2, 1896 at Marrowville, Kan. She was educated at Mahaska, Kan. In 1918, she moved to the Webster City and Woolstock area.

On Feb. 4, 1923 she married Benjamin Keigan in Webster City. The couple farmed north of Webster City until 1939 when they moved to Litchfield, Minn. They returned to Webster City in 1954 and served as custodians of the Church of Christ until their retirement in 1962. Her husband died in 1964. She then continued to reside in Webster City. For the past 10 years, she has resided at Crestview Manor.

She is survived by son, C.D. "Bill" Keigan of Holstein; daughters and sons-in-law, Ardath and Bud Roberts of Mesa, Ariz., Shirley and Warren Edwards of Eden Valley, Minn., June and Raymond Kehoe of Webster City, Linda and Richard Ades of Cherokee; 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two grandchildren, parents, eight brothers and two sisters.

She was a member of the Church of Christ and a former member of the Hamilton County Womens Chorus.