BILLINGS--- Mrs. Augusta Keeler died at her home Sunday on her 84th birthday. She had been in failing health with a heart condition for several weeks. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Crow Agency Baptist Church with burial in the Hardin Cemetery. The body is at the Bullis Mortuary in Hardin. Mrs, Keeler came to Montana with her husband in 1905. She was born Nov. 27, 1871, in Me nominee Falls, Wis., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Buckholz. She was married to Joseph Eshenbach Keeler Jan. 30, 1895 After residing in Forsyth, the couple homesteaded at Sanders. In 1910 they moved to Crow Agency operated a general merchandise store until his death in 1940.
Mrs. Keeler resided at Crow Agency until 1952 when she moved to Billings. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Marion Garrett, and a son, Everett Keeler, both of Billings; two sisters, Mrs. William Stenzel and Mrs. Elizabeth Wessner, and two brothers, Charles Buckholz and Louis Buckholz, all living in Wisconsin, and two grandchildren. Mrs. Keeler was a charter member of the Crow Agency Baptist Church and held membership for 26 years.
The Great Falls Tribune 11-29-1955
BILLINGS--- Mrs. Augusta Keeler died at her home Sunday on her 84th birthday. She had been in failing health with a heart condition for several weeks. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Crow Agency Baptist Church with burial in the Hardin Cemetery. The body is at the Bullis Mortuary in Hardin. Mrs, Keeler came to Montana with her husband in 1905. She was born Nov. 27, 1871, in Me nominee Falls, Wis., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Buckholz. She was married to Joseph Eshenbach Keeler Jan. 30, 1895 After residing in Forsyth, the couple homesteaded at Sanders. In 1910 they moved to Crow Agency operated a general merchandise store until his death in 1940.
Mrs. Keeler resided at Crow Agency until 1952 when she moved to Billings. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Marion Garrett, and a son, Everett Keeler, both of Billings; two sisters, Mrs. William Stenzel and Mrs. Elizabeth Wessner, and two brothers, Charles Buckholz and Louis Buckholz, all living in Wisconsin, and two grandchildren. Mrs. Keeler was a charter member of the Crow Agency Baptist Church and held membership for 26 years.
The Great Falls Tribune 11-29-1955
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