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Dorothy F. <I>Stangel</I> McKeever

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Dorothy F. Stangel McKeever

Birth
Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
5 Nov 1949 (aged 41)
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
T-31-4-2
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DOROTHY F. MCKEEVER

Mrs. Gerald McKeever, 41 (photo), teacher for a number of years and a government
employe during the war, died early Saturday evening at her home, 620 North Ninth
street. She had been seriously ill the past year.
Funeral services will be conducted at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Mittnacht-Kollath
funeral home and at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart Catholic church. The Rev. L. M.
Schorn will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs. McKeever was born Oct. 24, 1908, at Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles G. Stangel. In 1911 the family moved to Manitowoc where she attended
public schools and later the University of Wisconsin at Madison. While at the
state school she was affiliated with the social sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi.
Upon her graduation from the university she taught school for seven years at Oconto.
In 1938 she was married to Mr. McKeever and they moved to Sturgeon Bay where they
resided four years. Mr. McKeever transferred to the Panama Canal zone in 1941 and
taught in a high school there. When World War II started, Mrs. McKeever was employed
by the U.S. army in the office of censorship as chief of personnel. Later she taught
for one and a half years in a Canal Zone high school. The couple returned to
Manitowoc in 1947.
Survivors in addition to her husband and parents include a brother, Milton of Los
Angeles, and two sisters, Mrs. Roman Herman of this city and Mrs. Walter Normington
of Stevens Point.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the hour of service Tuesday.
Members of the Sacred Heart church Altar society of which she was a member and the
Knights of Columbus will recite the rosary at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 7, 1949 P. 2
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[d. 11-05-1949/age 41 yrs./wife of Gerald McKeever]
DOROTHY F. MCKEEVER

Mrs. Gerald McKeever, 41 (photo), teacher for a number of years and a government
employe during the war, died early Saturday evening at her home, 620 North Ninth
street. She had been seriously ill the past year.
Funeral services will be conducted at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Mittnacht-Kollath
funeral home and at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart Catholic church. The Rev. L. M.
Schorn will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs. McKeever was born Oct. 24, 1908, at Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles G. Stangel. In 1911 the family moved to Manitowoc where she attended
public schools and later the University of Wisconsin at Madison. While at the
state school she was affiliated with the social sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi.
Upon her graduation from the university she taught school for seven years at Oconto.
In 1938 she was married to Mr. McKeever and they moved to Sturgeon Bay where they
resided four years. Mr. McKeever transferred to the Panama Canal zone in 1941 and
taught in a high school there. When World War II started, Mrs. McKeever was employed
by the U.S. army in the office of censorship as chief of personnel. Later she taught
for one and a half years in a Canal Zone high school. The couple returned to
Manitowoc in 1947.
Survivors in addition to her husband and parents include a brother, Milton of Los
Angeles, and two sisters, Mrs. Roman Herman of this city and Mrs. Walter Normington
of Stevens Point.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the hour of service Tuesday.
Members of the Sacred Heart church Altar society of which she was a member and the
Knights of Columbus will recite the rosary at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 7, 1949 P. 2
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[d. 11-05-1949/age 41 yrs./wife of Gerald McKeever]


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  • Created by: Kent Salomon
  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95213606/dorothy_f-mckeever: accessed ), memorial page for Dorothy F. Stangel McKeever (24 Oct 1908–5 Nov 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95213606, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Kent Salomon (contributor 901).