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Ellen Irene <I>Alcock</I> Keller

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Ellen Irene Alcock Keller

Birth
Columbiaville, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA
Death
25 Mar 1987 (aged 67)
Knox, Starke County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Hamlet, Starke County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Ex-reporter, Ellen Keller, dies at 67
HAMLET--Services for Ellen I. Keller, 67, former Hamlet correspondent for The Tribune, who died at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday in Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Hamlet United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Keller, of County Road 500 North, covered Hamlet-area news and the Starke County Fair for The Tribune for more than 20 years. She also reported for the Plymouth Pilot-News.
Burial will be in Fletcher Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel, and one hour before services Saturday in the church.
Mrs. Keller was born Dec. 19, 1919, in Columbiaville, Mich. She had lived in Hamlet for most of her life. On Oct. 16, 1938, in Hamlet, she married George Bud Keller. He died Dec. 22, 1961. Surviving are two daughters, Patricia Seese of Grovertown and Judith Wydau of Shelbyville, Ind.; a son, George S. of Hamlet; five grandchildren; a sister, Bernice Gray of Millington, Mich.; a brother, Ralph Alcock of Port Richey, Fla.; and her mother, Essie Alcock of Grovertown. She was a member of the Hamlet United Methodist Church, Philethia Class of the church, United Methodist Women and Friendly Neighbors Club and was a former member of the Starke County Choir.

--The South Bend Tribune
(South Bend, IN), Thurs., Mar. 26, 1987, Pg. 20
Ex-reporter, Ellen Keller, dies at 67
HAMLET--Services for Ellen I. Keller, 67, former Hamlet correspondent for The Tribune, who died at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday in Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Hamlet United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Keller, of County Road 500 North, covered Hamlet-area news and the Starke County Fair for The Tribune for more than 20 years. She also reported for the Plymouth Pilot-News.
Burial will be in Fletcher Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel, and one hour before services Saturday in the church.
Mrs. Keller was born Dec. 19, 1919, in Columbiaville, Mich. She had lived in Hamlet for most of her life. On Oct. 16, 1938, in Hamlet, she married George Bud Keller. He died Dec. 22, 1961. Surviving are two daughters, Patricia Seese of Grovertown and Judith Wydau of Shelbyville, Ind.; a son, George S. of Hamlet; five grandchildren; a sister, Bernice Gray of Millington, Mich.; a brother, Ralph Alcock of Port Richey, Fla.; and her mother, Essie Alcock of Grovertown. She was a member of the Hamlet United Methodist Church, Philethia Class of the church, United Methodist Women and Friendly Neighbors Club and was a former member of the Starke County Choir.

--The South Bend Tribune
(South Bend, IN), Thurs., Mar. 26, 1987, Pg. 20

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ELLEN I. KELLER
DEC. 19, 1919
MAR. 25, 1987

Gravesite Details

Wife of George E. Keller



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  • Maintained by: Sherri
  • Originally Created by: Lin
  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151014960/ellen_irene-keller: accessed ), memorial page for Ellen Irene Alcock Keller (19 Dec 1919–25 Mar 1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151014960, citing Fletcher Cemetery, Hamlet, Starke County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Sherri (contributor 47317779).