Orion M. Keil (1897-1943)

KEIL, KIES, SKLAVENITIS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 2/2/2010 at 22:13:27

Bellevue Leader, December 16, 1943

ORION M. KEIL, 46, DIES WEDNESDAY

Former Resident and World War I Veteran Will Be Brought Here For Burial

Relatives in Bellevue were shocked when word came Wednesday evening that Orion M. Keil had breathed his last at the Veterans’ Hospital in Danville, Illinois. He had been ill about a month and the immediate cause of his death was a blood clot.

Orion was the eldest son of the late Wm. And Mary Keil and was born in Bellevue on March 15, 1897. He grew to manhood in this community and served with the Armed Forces in World War I. A number of years ago he was married at Avoca, Iowa, and is survived by his wife. For the past six years he has been employed in a government plant in Peoria, Illinois.

He was a member of the Catholic church and the last rites will be held from the Kempter-Egelhof Funeral Home to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Saturday morning. The body will arrive in Bellevue tonight at 10:30 and will be taken to the funeral home.

Besides his wife he leaves to mourn his passing his mother, Mrs. William Keil of Bellevue; two brothers, Lloyd of Bellevue and Dr. Wilfred Keil of Iowa City; and two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Kies of Waterloo and Mrs. N. D. Sklavenitis of Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

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