Keegan, Elizabeth (Miss) 1894-1987

KEEGAN, MCGINN

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--Volunteer
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:32

Source: Rock Valley Bee (5-6-1987)

Born: February 28, 1894
Died: May 1, 1987

Elizabeth Keegan, 93, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Rock Valley, died Friday, May 1, 1987 in a Sioux Falls Hospital.

Services were held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, May 5, 1987, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Rock Valley. The Reverend Donald R. Smith officiated. Burial was in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. The rosary was recited at 8 P.M. Monday, May 4, in the Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley.

Miss Keegan was born February 28, 1894, in Lyon County to Michael and Margaret (McGinn) Keegan and graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Rock Valley. She taught rural schools in the Rock Valley area for more than 30 years while living on the family farm northwest of Rock Valley. She moved to Sioux Falls in 1976.

Miss Keegan was active in the Farm Bureau and was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Catholic Daughters of America.

Survivors include her sister-in-law, Frances Keegan of Doon.