Robert Keeley (died 2011)

KEELEY, MOHR

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/28/2011 at 09:03:11

December 23, 2011
KMAQ Radio, Maquoketa, Iowa

A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN, BOB KEELEY, AGE 85, DIED MONDAY WHERE
HE LIVED IN ARIZONA. HE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1944. AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND SERVING
IN THE NAVY IN WORLD WAR II, HE OWNED AND OPERATED AN ABSTRACT AND TITLE
BUSINESS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND OFFERED TAX AND ACCOUNTING
SERVICES ALSO. HE MARRIED EULA MOHR OF MAQUOKETA IN 1955. SHE
DIED AROUND A YEAR OR TWO AGO. THEY LIVED IN BRANSON QUITE A WHILE,
OWNING TWO SMALL MOTELS THERE. HE ALSO OWNED A BRANSON EXCURSION BOAT WITH LANE SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA. AFTER SELLING THE MOTELS AND BOAT, AND LEAVING BRANSON, HE RETIRED AT AGE 60 AND BUILT WITH EULA'S HELP, A HOME IN MONTANA IN THE CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST. THEY SOLD THAT AND MOVED TO ARIZONA. HE AS A BIG HUNTER AND GOLFER AND AN AMATEUR CABINET AND FURNITURE MAKER. ALSO CROSS-STITCHED AND CROCHETED. HE IS SURVIVED BY SISTERS VIVIAN KEELEY AND RACHEL
PORTER AND FOUR CHILDREN.....ANN, RUTH, PAT, AND ROBERT II.
ALSO 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. I'M SURE
HE WROTE OR HELPED TO WRITE HIS OBITUARY AND THE CLOSING LINE
OF IT READS..."THE BODY IS TO BE CREMATED AND NO SERVICES ARE PLANNED,
BUT BOB HOPES THAT ALL HIS REMAINING FAMILY, HUNTING AND GOLFING
PALS WILL HOIST A BEER OR A MANHATTAN TO SEND HIM OFF".