Scott City--Funeral for Glenn Bennett Keesee of Scott City will be held at 10am, Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
The Rev. William Dickey will officiate. Burial will be in Lightner Memorial Cemetery.
Friends may call at the chapel from 5-8pm today.
Keesee, 79 died Sunday,May 16, 1999, in Pulaski County, Ill.
He was born April 25, 1920 at Grays Point, son of George William and Ambie Selena Bennett Keesee. He first married Helen May McCormick July 12, 1941, in Scott City. She died June 12, 1976. He and Betty Francis Menz were married Nov. 21, 1978 in Scott City.
Keesee retired in 1979 as head deckhand with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Steven Keesee of Kelso; two daughters, Glenda Walker of St. Louis, Jeanie Enderle of Monroe, N.C.; two stepsons, Rodney Benson of Kelso, Stacey Benson of Scott City; two stepdaughters, Connie Workman of Scott City, and Debbie Swafford of Bernie.
Also surviving are two sisters, Elva Habum and Naomi Miller of Scott City; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and a great stepgrandchild.
He was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.
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Thanks so very much Brenda Joyce for sponsoring my Dad's memorial!! I feel very blessed to be able to call you "family".
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Scott City--Funeral for Glenn Bennett Keesee of Scott City will be held at 10am, Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
The Rev. William Dickey will officiate. Burial will be in Lightner Memorial Cemetery.
Friends may call at the chapel from 5-8pm today.
Keesee, 79 died Sunday,May 16, 1999, in Pulaski County, Ill.
He was born April 25, 1920 at Grays Point, son of George William and Ambie Selena Bennett Keesee. He first married Helen May McCormick July 12, 1941, in Scott City. She died June 12, 1976. He and Betty Francis Menz were married Nov. 21, 1978 in Scott City.
Keesee retired in 1979 as head deckhand with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Steven Keesee of Kelso; two daughters, Glenda Walker of St. Louis, Jeanie Enderle of Monroe, N.C.; two stepsons, Rodney Benson of Kelso, Stacey Benson of Scott City; two stepdaughters, Connie Workman of Scott City, and Debbie Swafford of Bernie.
Also surviving are two sisters, Elva Habum and Naomi Miller of Scott City; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and a great stepgrandchild.
He was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.
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Thanks so very much Brenda Joyce for sponsoring my Dad's memorial!! I feel very blessed to be able to call you "family".
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Family Members
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Clyde Winifred Keesee
1897–1974
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William McKinley Keesee
1899–1955
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George Van Buren Keesee
1905–1973
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Elmer James Keesee
1908–1979
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Elva Frances Keesee Habum
1910–2003
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Vester Earl Keesee Sr
1911–1970
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Naomi Inez Keesee Miller
1913–2002
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Edna Pauline "Polly" Keesee Kinder
1915–1970
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Ruby Jewell Keesee Weaver
1922–1978