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Rachel Dotson Keely Keith

Birth
Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
10 Jan 1942 (aged 90)
Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
G 17 - no headstone.
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Hamilton B. and Mary Ann Starr Keely, she married Heister Keith, was widowed, lived at RD 3 Franklin, Sugarcreek Township, died there of a cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertensive heart disease, per death certificate 7397, whose informant was Mrs. Arthur Davis of 41 Rodney Ave, Buffalo, NY.

Oil City Derrick, Monday, Jan 12 1942:
Mrs. Rachel Keeley Keith, 90, died in her home near Keeley's Corners Saturday morning at 2:30 o'clock. She was born in Richland township March 1, 1850, daughter of H. B. and Mary Ann Starr Keeley.

With her family, she came to the Keeley Corners district when she was four years old, and lived near there since that time.

In 1869 she married Heister Keith who died 36 years ago.

Surviving are seven children, Mrs. George Stokes of Pecan, Mrs. Arthur Davis of Buffalo, Howard B., Verne, Curt, Roscoe, and Clifford, all of Franklin; 32 grandchildren; 57 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. R. I. Hughes of Franklin and Mrs. Violet Mason of Wichita, KS.

The body was removed to the Park Funeral Home where services will be at 2:30 pm Monday with Rev. Frank S. McKnight, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery.
Daughter of Hamilton B. and Mary Ann Starr Keely, she married Heister Keith, was widowed, lived at RD 3 Franklin, Sugarcreek Township, died there of a cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertensive heart disease, per death certificate 7397, whose informant was Mrs. Arthur Davis of 41 Rodney Ave, Buffalo, NY.

Oil City Derrick, Monday, Jan 12 1942:
Mrs. Rachel Keeley Keith, 90, died in her home near Keeley's Corners Saturday morning at 2:30 o'clock. She was born in Richland township March 1, 1850, daughter of H. B. and Mary Ann Starr Keeley.

With her family, she came to the Keeley Corners district when she was four years old, and lived near there since that time.

In 1869 she married Heister Keith who died 36 years ago.

Surviving are seven children, Mrs. George Stokes of Pecan, Mrs. Arthur Davis of Buffalo, Howard B., Verne, Curt, Roscoe, and Clifford, all of Franklin; 32 grandchildren; 57 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. R. I. Hughes of Franklin and Mrs. Violet Mason of Wichita, KS.

The body was removed to the Park Funeral Home where services will be at 2:30 pm Monday with Rev. Frank S. McKnight, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery.


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