Winifred C. Keller, 99

Winifred C. “Peggy” Keller, 99, of Vero Beach, Fla., died May 7, 2007, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach.

Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, May 17, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Blair, with interment in the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home.

Winifred Cora Allen was born in Fort Calhoun. She had lived in Bronxville, N.Y., and at Vero Beach for the past six years.

Mrs. Keller was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution; P.E.O., and the Scarsdale (N.Y.) Women’s Club.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. John P. and Janet Keller of Vero Beach; daughter and son-in-law, Winifred Lynn and Dr. E. James Andrews of Nashville, Tenn.; sisters, Ruth Tilden of Allentown, Penn., and Alice Busch of Omaha; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Leroy Keller who died in 1999.

Omaha World Herald 15 May 2007 (picture)

KELLER – Winifred Cora Allen, “Peggy” 99, died May 7, 2007 at VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. She was born in Fort Calhoun, NE and lived in Vero Beach for 6 years coming from Bronxville, NY. Mrs. Keller was a member of The Daughters of the American Revolution, P.E.O. and the Scarsdale Women’s Club, Scarsdale, NY. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. John P. and Janet Keller of Vero Beach, daughter and son-in-law, Winifred Lynn and Dr. E. James Andrews of Nashville, TN; sisters, Ruth Tilden of Allentown, PA and Alice Busch of Omaha, NE; grandson John P Keller, Jr. and his wife Renee of Vero Beach, Scott Andrews of Escondido, CA and Brian Andrews of Texas; great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Andrew, Robert, Ryan, Ellie, Nathan, Keller and Daniel. Mrs. Keller was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Leroy Keller in 1999.

Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m., on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at the Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, Blair, NE. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Blair, NE. interment will follow in Blair Cemetery, Blair, NE. Local arrangements by Strunk Funeral Home, Vero Beach, FL.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~