John J. Keefe (1907)

KEEFE, YOUNG

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 3/13/2010 at 14:36:31

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
October 10, 1907, page 4

Death of John J. KEEFE

J. J. Keefe, the well known restaurant keeper and for many years a resident of Winterset, passed away at his home on west Court Avenue on Tuesday evening. October 8th. His friends and family have known for sometime that the end was near, but death came suddenly at the last.

Funeral services were held from the home this afternoon, the Knights of Pythias order having charge of the services.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, Friday, October 11, 1907
Page 5, Column 3

JOHN KEEFE DEAD

Prominent Restaurant Man Dies of Heart Disease Tuesday

John Keefe, one of Winterset’s oldest business men, died at his home on West Court Avenue Tuesday evening. One of his old friends, Deputy Sheriff Lee Tidrick, had stopped to see him. Mr. Tidrick heard him gasp and running into the bedroom found him on the floor. Life was extinct in a moment or two. Death came from heart trouble.

John Keefe came to Winterset in 1883. He was married to Lulu Young, youngest daughter of John Young, one of the earliest residents of this city in 1886. Mr. Keefe was always engaged in the restaurant business and at various times owned restaurants here. When his death occurred Mrs. Keefe was in the restaurant which they now own on the north side.

The funeral occurred Thursday afternoon and was under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias lodge of which Keefe was a member for many years. Rev. Atwood preached the funeral sermon.

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