Keith Lawrence McCrary 1899-1974

MCCRARY, GUTHRIE, BOWLES, STEWART, FLAKE, SMITH, FERGUSON, WIEDNER

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/2/2001 at 19:44:06

KEITH L. MCCRARY

Keith Lawrence McCrary died unexpectedly Friday, July 5, in Van Buren county hospital at Keosauqua.

Mr. McCrary was born July 7, 1899, in Bonaparte township, the son of Clarence and Sarah Guthrie McCrary. He farmed most of his life in the Bonaparte vicinity. He married Lulu M. Bowles in 1954; she died in 1966. In 1968 he married Marian Stewart Flake in Keosauqua.

Mr. McCrary was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was acting president of Pioneer Historical society of Farmington.

Surviving are the wife; step-children, Raymond and David Smith, Mrs. Kay Ferguson and Mrs. Sandra Smith, all of Dallas, Tex., and Mrs. Ardath Wiedner of San Diego, Calif.; 25 step-grandchildren, and one step-great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held Monday, July 8, at 10:00 a.m. at the Miller-Hofbauer funeral home, Farmington. President Ford Gano of the LDS church officiated. Burial was in Greenglade cemetery. A memorial to Greenglade Cemetery Assn. has been established.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 270 of Obit Bk #1 1963-1974 found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in July 1999. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given, however handwritten on the obit is "11 July 1974.") ORIGINAL POST 30 Sep 1999.

I am NOT related to Keith L. McCrary and am posting his obit for those who may find him in their family history