KELLER, Mrs. Sylvia P.: 1884-1977

KELLER, THURBER, LOVING, DROZ, PHILLIPS

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The Fairfield Ledger
May 7, 1977

Mrs. Keller Dies AT 92

STOCKPORT - Mrs. Sylvia P. Keller, 92, died suddenly Saturday about 4 p.m., at her home in Stockport.

The funeral will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fairfield. The Rev. Karl Holtkamp will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Prayers for a Christian Wake will be tonight at 7:30 p.m., at the Behner Funeral Home.

Mrs. Keller was born Sept. 5, 1884 at Glasgow, the daughter of Christifer and Frances Thurbe(r) Loving. On April 2, 1902, she married Anthony J. Keller in Fairfield. He died Aug. 4, 1959.

She had lived in Van Buren and Jefferson Counties all of her life. She lived for many years on a farm nine miles southeast of Fairfield.

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Mrs. Keller is survived by one daughter and one son, Mrs. Mary Droz of Elgin, Ill., and John Keller, Route 3, Fairfield; nine grandchildre, 21 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Erma Phillips of Des Moines. She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.

(Transcribed for genealogy purposes only. I am of no relation.)