Morehead, Keith S. 1925-1998

MOREHEAD, HUMMEL, MARIEAU

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/21/2017 at 16:00:55

Keith S. Morehead

Keith S. Morehead, 73, of Hawarden, died Monday, June 22, 1998, at the Hawarden Community Hospital in Hawarden.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 25, at the American Lutheran Church in Hawarden with Rev. Jeff Swanson officiating. Burial will be in the Grace Hill Cemetery in Hawarden. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 24, at the Porter-Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden with a prayer service at 7 p.m.

Mr. Morehead was born March 16, 1925, near Akron, the son of Guy Charles and Ida (Hummel) Morehead. He was baptized and confirmed May 11, 1947. Keith married Grace Osterkamp Marieau July 14, 1945, at Canton, S.D. Together they farmed in the Alcester, S.D. and Hawarden area.

He was a member of the American Lutheran Church. Keith loved Draft horses and was a past member of the Pioneer Acres Threshing Bee in Hawarden.

Surviving relatives include his wife, Grace; two sons, Larry Morehead and wife, Suzie, of Hawarden, and James Marienau and wife, Carolyn, of Ankeny; brother, James Morehead and wife, Marian, of Sioux City; two sisters, Joan Perera and husband, Jerry, of Sioux City, and Mary Lou Lundy and husband, Jerry, of Gresham, OR; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter, Nancy Lee; four brothers, Robert, Gordon, Fay and Clifford; and two sisters, Helen Jurgenson and Dorothy Hockett.

The Hawarden Independent
Thursday, June 25, 1998
Hawarden, Iowa