MARY LEOLA HEAP KEELER was born 19 August 1895 in Freedom, the first of seven children born to Joseph and Mary Ellen Nelson Heap. She learned to dance at a very young age when her Dad played the violin and her uncles would pay her to dance for them. She was a striking young woman, always a lady, with perfect posture and beautiful clothes. She loved her grandmothers, and spent as much time with them as possible.
Leola married Roy Keeler 23 April 1918 in Freedom, Wyoming when they were both 22 years old. They were the parents of five daughters, the second born died shortly after her birth. Leola was a meticulous housekeeper and a fabulous cook. Their home was a welcoming place for family and friends, filled with love, music, games and great food. There was always a garden plus raspberry bushes, currents, strawberries and rhubarb. She bottled everything, including a good portion of the trout Gramps loved to catch. She could filet and fry fish better than anyone else, kept a good pot of soup going in the winter and her bread pudding was to die for. Leola had many talents, and made stacks of lace to decorate her home.
Leola and Roy loved to dance, and many special gatherings took place at their home. As their daughters married, they shared the dancing and card playing with them, with tiny grandchildren sleeping out of the way. They taught some of their grandchildren to dance, and would waltz for us at our reunions when we coaxed them.
Roy and Leola cherished their 20 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchild and 14 GG-grandchildren; and that love was returned by all of them and their spouses as life kept marching on.
Leola married Roy Keeler 23 April 1918 in Freedom, Wyoming when they were both 22 years old. They were the parents of five daughters, the second born died shortly after her birth. Leola was a meticulous housekeeper and a fabulous cook. Their home was a welcoming place for family and friends, filled with love, music, games and great food. There was always a garden plus raspberry bushes, currents, strawberries and rhubarb. She bottled everything, including a good portion of the trout Gramps loved to catch. She could filet and fry fish better than anyone else, kept a good pot of soup going in the winter and her bread pudding was to die for. Leola had many talents, and made stacks of lace to decorate her home.
Leola and Roy loved to dance, and many special gatherings took place at their home. As their daughters married, they shared the dancing and card playing with them, with tiny grandchildren sleeping out of the way. They taught some of their grandchildren to dance, and would waltz for us at our reunions when we coaxed them.
Roy and Leola cherished their 20 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchild and 14 GG-grandchildren; and that love was returned by all of them and their spouses as life kept marching on.
MARY LEOLA HEAP KEELER was born 19 August 1895 in Freedom, the first of seven children born to Joseph and Mary Ellen Nelson Heap. She learned to dance at a very young age when her Dad played the violin and her uncles would pay her to dance for them. She was a striking young woman, always a lady, with perfect posture and beautiful clothes. She loved her grandmothers, and spent as much time with them as possible.
Leola married Roy Keeler 23 April 1918 in Freedom, Wyoming when they were both 22 years old. They were the parents of five daughters, the second born died shortly after her birth. Leola was a meticulous housekeeper and a fabulous cook. Their home was a welcoming place for family and friends, filled with love, music, games and great food. There was always a garden plus raspberry bushes, currents, strawberries and rhubarb. She bottled everything, including a good portion of the trout Gramps loved to catch. She could filet and fry fish better than anyone else, kept a good pot of soup going in the winter and her bread pudding was to die for. Leola had many talents, and made stacks of lace to decorate her home.
Leola and Roy loved to dance, and many special gatherings took place at their home. As their daughters married, they shared the dancing and card playing with them, with tiny grandchildren sleeping out of the way. They taught some of their grandchildren to dance, and would waltz for us at our reunions when we coaxed them.
Roy and Leola cherished their 20 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchild and 14 GG-grandchildren; and that love was returned by all of them and their spouses as life kept marching on.
Leola married Roy Keeler 23 April 1918 in Freedom, Wyoming when they were both 22 years old. They were the parents of five daughters, the second born died shortly after her birth. Leola was a meticulous housekeeper and a fabulous cook. Their home was a welcoming place for family and friends, filled with love, music, games and great food. There was always a garden plus raspberry bushes, currents, strawberries and rhubarb. She bottled everything, including a good portion of the trout Gramps loved to catch. She could filet and fry fish better than anyone else, kept a good pot of soup going in the winter and her bread pudding was to die for. Leola had many talents, and made stacks of lace to decorate her home.
Leola and Roy loved to dance, and many special gatherings took place at their home. As their daughters married, they shared the dancing and card playing with them, with tiny grandchildren sleeping out of the way. They taught some of their grandchildren to dance, and would waltz for us at our reunions when we coaxed them.
Roy and Leola cherished their 20 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchild and 14 GG-grandchildren; and that love was returned by all of them and their spouses as life kept marching on.
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