Arthur Michael Keas
Born 20 Apr 1883 Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, USA
Died 30 Jan 1957 Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA (age 73)
DETAILS: BIRTH. Arthur Michael Keas was born 20 Apr 1883 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, USA.
DETAILS: PARENTS. The Parents of Arthur Michael Keas were Alfred M. Keas and Addie May Gentry.
DETAILS: MARRIAGE. Arthur M. Keas married Frances M. Crane (born 16 Feb 1892, died 25 Apr 1970) on 3 Dec 1912 in Wisdom, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA. The marriage was performed by W. Gurlgin Rees, Presbyterian minister.
DETAILS: CHILDREN. Arthur M. Keas and Frances Keas had two children: Mae Belle Keas born 4 May 1914 in Wisdom, Beaverton County, Montana, USA; and Marjorie Adeline Keas (born 28 Oct 1917, died 10 Feb 1994) in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA).
DETAILS: FINDAGRAVE MEMORIALS. The following memorial pages on findagrave.com are related or associated with Arthur M. Keas (with the memorial ID number):
201952688 Arthur M. Keas (self)
105448789 Frances Keas (wife)
112598594 Mae Hamel (daughter)
102232272 Elmer Lloyd Forbuss (son-in-law)
96697447 Robert Forbuss (grandson)
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF WIFE. “Keas, Frances Marie, 78, of 1020 Franklin St., died Saturday in a local rest home. Born Feb. 18, 1892, Gilmore, Mich. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Mae Hamel and Mrs. Marjorie Forbuss, both Las Vegas; sister, Mrs. Emmett Buckley, Butte, Mont.; two grandsons, two great grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Bunker Brothers Chapel, Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, 27 Apr 1970, page 6, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF DAUGHER, MAE HAMEL: “Mae Hamel. Mae B. Hamel, 73, died Sunday, in a local hospital. She was a 45-year resident of Las Vegas. A homemaker, she was born May 4, 1914, in Wisdom, Mont. She is survived by her son Jerry, and sister, Marjorie Forbuss, both of Las Vegas; and two grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Bunker Mortuary. A mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, 8 Dec 1987, page 2B, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF DAUGHTER, MARJORIE FORBUSS: “Longtime Las Vegas entrepreneur Marjorie Forbuss dies at age 76. Las Vegas businesswoman Marjorie Forbuss died Thursday at her home at the age of 76. Forbuss was born Oct. 28, 1917, in Wisdom, Mont., a farming community where her father was the sheriff. At the age of 23, Forbuss decided to leave Montana with a girlfriend and travel to Las Vegas. “She didn’t want to be a farmer. She always told me that wasn’t what she wanted to do. She was very entrepreneurial; she thought she could do better out West,” said her son, Robert Forbuss, president and chief executive officer of Mercy Ambulance. Forbuss arrived in Las Vegas, where she would spend the rest of her life, in the 1940s and began her career at the Golden Nugget Hotel as a waitress. A few years later she was hired as a manager for The Green Shack restaurant. She saved her money and by the 1950s was prepared to open her own business, but she encountered problems getting loans from banks. “I remember my mother making the complaint that women couldn’t borrow money from banks,” said Robert Forbuss. Undeterred, Forbuss borrowed from friends and in 1953 opened Fashion Cleaners. Forbuss sold the business in 1971 and retired a few years later, battling arthritis until her death. In her 52 years in Las Vegas, she saw the city grow from 15,000 to nearly 1 million people. “She was a pioneer and she believed in the city and stayed with it,” Robert Forbuss said. She is survived by her son. Private services were handled by Palm Mortuary. The family requests donations to Aid for AIDS of Nevada or the Arthritis Foundation.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, page 10B, 13 Feb 1994, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada USA.
DETAILS: COMMENTS ON RECORDS.
The data in this form may not be entirely correct, and additional data may be later discovered.
SOURCES. US census and state birth indexes from www.familysearch.org.
8 Aug 2019 Prepared by Randall Glenn Wick
IMAGE CAPTIONS
Photograph of Plot T-185: Arthur M. Keas, buried 1 Feb 1957. As of 7 Aug 2019, no gravestone burial marker was in place on the plot. Near Southeast corner of area T, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas (Clark County), Nevada 89101, USA. Plot T-185: GPS N 36.18736, W 115.13126.
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Map of Southeast corner of area T, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas (Clark County), NV 89101, USA. Plot T-185: Arthur M. Keas, buried 1 Feb 1957. Plot T-185: GPS N 36.18736, W 115.13126.
Arthur M. Keas death certificate Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA. Born 20 Apr 1883 Kansas, died 30 Jan 1957, age 73. Parents were Arthur M. Keas and Adeline Gentry. Reported by Mrs. Mae Hamel (daughter).
Born 20 Apr 1883 Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, USA
Died 30 Jan 1957 Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA (age 73)
DETAILS: BIRTH. Arthur Michael Keas was born 20 Apr 1883 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, USA.
DETAILS: PARENTS. The Parents of Arthur Michael Keas were Alfred M. Keas and Addie May Gentry.
DETAILS: MARRIAGE. Arthur M. Keas married Frances M. Crane (born 16 Feb 1892, died 25 Apr 1970) on 3 Dec 1912 in Wisdom, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA. The marriage was performed by W. Gurlgin Rees, Presbyterian minister.
DETAILS: CHILDREN. Arthur M. Keas and Frances Keas had two children: Mae Belle Keas born 4 May 1914 in Wisdom, Beaverton County, Montana, USA; and Marjorie Adeline Keas (born 28 Oct 1917, died 10 Feb 1994) in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA).
DETAILS: FINDAGRAVE MEMORIALS. The following memorial pages on findagrave.com are related or associated with Arthur M. Keas (with the memorial ID number):
201952688 Arthur M. Keas (self)
105448789 Frances Keas (wife)
112598594 Mae Hamel (daughter)
102232272 Elmer Lloyd Forbuss (son-in-law)
96697447 Robert Forbuss (grandson)
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF WIFE. “Keas, Frances Marie, 78, of 1020 Franklin St., died Saturday in a local rest home. Born Feb. 18, 1892, Gilmore, Mich. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Mae Hamel and Mrs. Marjorie Forbuss, both Las Vegas; sister, Mrs. Emmett Buckley, Butte, Mont.; two grandsons, two great grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Bunker Brothers Chapel, Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, 27 Apr 1970, page 6, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF DAUGHER, MAE HAMEL: “Mae Hamel. Mae B. Hamel, 73, died Sunday, in a local hospital. She was a 45-year resident of Las Vegas. A homemaker, she was born May 4, 1914, in Wisdom, Mont. She is survived by her son Jerry, and sister, Marjorie Forbuss, both of Las Vegas; and two grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Bunker Mortuary. A mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, 8 Dec 1987, page 2B, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF DAUGHTER, MARJORIE FORBUSS: “Longtime Las Vegas entrepreneur Marjorie Forbuss dies at age 76. Las Vegas businesswoman Marjorie Forbuss died Thursday at her home at the age of 76. Forbuss was born Oct. 28, 1917, in Wisdom, Mont., a farming community where her father was the sheriff. At the age of 23, Forbuss decided to leave Montana with a girlfriend and travel to Las Vegas. “She didn’t want to be a farmer. She always told me that wasn’t what she wanted to do. She was very entrepreneurial; she thought she could do better out West,” said her son, Robert Forbuss, president and chief executive officer of Mercy Ambulance. Forbuss arrived in Las Vegas, where she would spend the rest of her life, in the 1940s and began her career at the Golden Nugget Hotel as a waitress. A few years later she was hired as a manager for The Green Shack restaurant. She saved her money and by the 1950s was prepared to open her own business, but she encountered problems getting loans from banks. “I remember my mother making the complaint that women couldn’t borrow money from banks,” said Robert Forbuss. Undeterred, Forbuss borrowed from friends and in 1953 opened Fashion Cleaners. Forbuss sold the business in 1971 and retired a few years later, battling arthritis until her death. In her 52 years in Las Vegas, she saw the city grow from 15,000 to nearly 1 million people. “She was a pioneer and she believed in the city and stayed with it,” Robert Forbuss said. She is survived by her son. Private services were handled by Palm Mortuary. The family requests donations to Aid for AIDS of Nevada or the Arthritis Foundation.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, page 10B, 13 Feb 1994, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada USA.
DETAILS: COMMENTS ON RECORDS.
The data in this form may not be entirely correct, and additional data may be later discovered.
SOURCES. US census and state birth indexes from www.familysearch.org.
8 Aug 2019 Prepared by Randall Glenn Wick
IMAGE CAPTIONS
Photograph of Plot T-185: Arthur M. Keas, buried 1 Feb 1957. As of 7 Aug 2019, no gravestone burial marker was in place on the plot. Near Southeast corner of area T, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas (Clark County), Nevada 89101, USA. Plot T-185: GPS N 36.18736, W 115.13126.
North
West East
South
Map of Southeast corner of area T, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas (Clark County), NV 89101, USA. Plot T-185: Arthur M. Keas, buried 1 Feb 1957. Plot T-185: GPS N 36.18736, W 115.13126.
Arthur M. Keas death certificate Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA. Born 20 Apr 1883 Kansas, died 30 Jan 1957, age 73. Parents were Arthur M. Keas and Adeline Gentry. Reported by Mrs. Mae Hamel (daughter).
Arthur Michael Keas
Born 20 Apr 1883 Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, USA
Died 30 Jan 1957 Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA (age 73)
DETAILS: BIRTH. Arthur Michael Keas was born 20 Apr 1883 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, USA.
DETAILS: PARENTS. The Parents of Arthur Michael Keas were Alfred M. Keas and Addie May Gentry.
DETAILS: MARRIAGE. Arthur M. Keas married Frances M. Crane (born 16 Feb 1892, died 25 Apr 1970) on 3 Dec 1912 in Wisdom, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA. The marriage was performed by W. Gurlgin Rees, Presbyterian minister.
DETAILS: CHILDREN. Arthur M. Keas and Frances Keas had two children: Mae Belle Keas born 4 May 1914 in Wisdom, Beaverton County, Montana, USA; and Marjorie Adeline Keas (born 28 Oct 1917, died 10 Feb 1994) in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA).
DETAILS: FINDAGRAVE MEMORIALS. The following memorial pages on findagrave.com are related or associated with Arthur M. Keas (with the memorial ID number):
201952688 Arthur M. Keas (self)
105448789 Frances Keas (wife)
112598594 Mae Hamel (daughter)
102232272 Elmer Lloyd Forbuss (son-in-law)
96697447 Robert Forbuss (grandson)
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF WIFE. “Keas, Frances Marie, 78, of 1020 Franklin St., died Saturday in a local rest home. Born Feb. 18, 1892, Gilmore, Mich. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Mae Hamel and Mrs. Marjorie Forbuss, both Las Vegas; sister, Mrs. Emmett Buckley, Butte, Mont.; two grandsons, two great grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Bunker Brothers Chapel, Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, 27 Apr 1970, page 6, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF DAUGHER, MAE HAMEL: “Mae Hamel. Mae B. Hamel, 73, died Sunday, in a local hospital. She was a 45-year resident of Las Vegas. A homemaker, she was born May 4, 1914, in Wisdom, Mont. She is survived by her son Jerry, and sister, Marjorie Forbuss, both of Las Vegas; and two grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Bunker Mortuary. A mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, 8 Dec 1987, page 2B, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF DAUGHTER, MARJORIE FORBUSS: “Longtime Las Vegas entrepreneur Marjorie Forbuss dies at age 76. Las Vegas businesswoman Marjorie Forbuss died Thursday at her home at the age of 76. Forbuss was born Oct. 28, 1917, in Wisdom, Mont., a farming community where her father was the sheriff. At the age of 23, Forbuss decided to leave Montana with a girlfriend and travel to Las Vegas. “She didn’t want to be a farmer. She always told me that wasn’t what she wanted to do. She was very entrepreneurial; she thought she could do better out West,” said her son, Robert Forbuss, president and chief executive officer of Mercy Ambulance. Forbuss arrived in Las Vegas, where she would spend the rest of her life, in the 1940s and began her career at the Golden Nugget Hotel as a waitress. A few years later she was hired as a manager for The Green Shack restaurant. She saved her money and by the 1950s was prepared to open her own business, but she encountered problems getting loans from banks. “I remember my mother making the complaint that women couldn’t borrow money from banks,” said Robert Forbuss. Undeterred, Forbuss borrowed from friends and in 1953 opened Fashion Cleaners. Forbuss sold the business in 1971 and retired a few years later, battling arthritis until her death. In her 52 years in Las Vegas, she saw the city grow from 15,000 to nearly 1 million people. “She was a pioneer and she believed in the city and stayed with it,” Robert Forbuss said. She is survived by her son. Private services were handled by Palm Mortuary. The family requests donations to Aid for AIDS of Nevada or the Arthritis Foundation.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, page 10B, 13 Feb 1994, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada USA.
DETAILS: COMMENTS ON RECORDS.
The data in this form may not be entirely correct, and additional data may be later discovered.
SOURCES. US census and state birth indexes from www.familysearch.org.
8 Aug 2019 Prepared by Randall Glenn Wick
IMAGE CAPTIONS
Photograph of Plot T-185: Arthur M. Keas, buried 1 Feb 1957. As of 7 Aug 2019, no gravestone burial marker was in place on the plot. Near Southeast corner of area T, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas (Clark County), Nevada 89101, USA. Plot T-185: GPS N 36.18736, W 115.13126.
North
West East
South
Map of Southeast corner of area T, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas (Clark County), NV 89101, USA. Plot T-185: Arthur M. Keas, buried 1 Feb 1957. Plot T-185: GPS N 36.18736, W 115.13126.
Arthur M. Keas death certificate Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA. Born 20 Apr 1883 Kansas, died 30 Jan 1957, age 73. Parents were Arthur M. Keas and Adeline Gentry. Reported by Mrs. Mae Hamel (daughter).
Born 20 Apr 1883 Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, USA
Died 30 Jan 1957 Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA (age 73)
DETAILS: BIRTH. Arthur Michael Keas was born 20 Apr 1883 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas, USA.
DETAILS: PARENTS. The Parents of Arthur Michael Keas were Alfred M. Keas and Addie May Gentry.
DETAILS: MARRIAGE. Arthur M. Keas married Frances M. Crane (born 16 Feb 1892, died 25 Apr 1970) on 3 Dec 1912 in Wisdom, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA. The marriage was performed by W. Gurlgin Rees, Presbyterian minister.
DETAILS: CHILDREN. Arthur M. Keas and Frances Keas had two children: Mae Belle Keas born 4 May 1914 in Wisdom, Beaverton County, Montana, USA; and Marjorie Adeline Keas (born 28 Oct 1917, died 10 Feb 1994) in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA).
DETAILS: FINDAGRAVE MEMORIALS. The following memorial pages on findagrave.com are related or associated with Arthur M. Keas (with the memorial ID number):
201952688 Arthur M. Keas (self)
105448789 Frances Keas (wife)
112598594 Mae Hamel (daughter)
102232272 Elmer Lloyd Forbuss (son-in-law)
96697447 Robert Forbuss (grandson)
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF WIFE. “Keas, Frances Marie, 78, of 1020 Franklin St., died Saturday in a local rest home. Born Feb. 18, 1892, Gilmore, Mich. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Mae Hamel and Mrs. Marjorie Forbuss, both Las Vegas; sister, Mrs. Emmett Buckley, Butte, Mont.; two grandsons, two great grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Bunker Brothers Chapel, Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, 27 Apr 1970, page 6, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF DAUGHER, MAE HAMEL: “Mae Hamel. Mae B. Hamel, 73, died Sunday, in a local hospital. She was a 45-year resident of Las Vegas. A homemaker, she was born May 4, 1914, in Wisdom, Mont. She is survived by her son Jerry, and sister, Marjorie Forbuss, both of Las Vegas; and two grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Bunker Mortuary. A mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, 8 Dec 1987, page 2B, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
DETAILS: OBITUARY OF DAUGHTER, MARJORIE FORBUSS: “Longtime Las Vegas entrepreneur Marjorie Forbuss dies at age 76. Las Vegas businesswoman Marjorie Forbuss died Thursday at her home at the age of 76. Forbuss was born Oct. 28, 1917, in Wisdom, Mont., a farming community where her father was the sheriff. At the age of 23, Forbuss decided to leave Montana with a girlfriend and travel to Las Vegas. “She didn’t want to be a farmer. She always told me that wasn’t what she wanted to do. She was very entrepreneurial; she thought she could do better out West,” said her son, Robert Forbuss, president and chief executive officer of Mercy Ambulance. Forbuss arrived in Las Vegas, where she would spend the rest of her life, in the 1940s and began her career at the Golden Nugget Hotel as a waitress. A few years later she was hired as a manager for The Green Shack restaurant. She saved her money and by the 1950s was prepared to open her own business, but she encountered problems getting loans from banks. “I remember my mother making the complaint that women couldn’t borrow money from banks,” said Robert Forbuss. Undeterred, Forbuss borrowed from friends and in 1953 opened Fashion Cleaners. Forbuss sold the business in 1971 and retired a few years later, battling arthritis until her death. In her 52 years in Las Vegas, she saw the city grow from 15,000 to nearly 1 million people. “She was a pioneer and she believed in the city and stayed with it,” Robert Forbuss said. She is survived by her son. Private services were handled by Palm Mortuary. The family requests donations to Aid for AIDS of Nevada or the Arthritis Foundation.” Las Vegas Review-Journal Newspaper, page 10B, 13 Feb 1994, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada USA.
DETAILS: COMMENTS ON RECORDS.
The data in this form may not be entirely correct, and additional data may be later discovered.
SOURCES. US census and state birth indexes from www.familysearch.org.
8 Aug 2019 Prepared by Randall Glenn Wick
IMAGE CAPTIONS
Photograph of Plot T-185: Arthur M. Keas, buried 1 Feb 1957. As of 7 Aug 2019, no gravestone burial marker was in place on the plot. Near Southeast corner of area T, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas (Clark County), Nevada 89101, USA. Plot T-185: GPS N 36.18736, W 115.13126.
North
West East
South
Map of Southeast corner of area T, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas (Clark County), NV 89101, USA. Plot T-185: Arthur M. Keas, buried 1 Feb 1957. Plot T-185: GPS N 36.18736, W 115.13126.
Arthur M. Keas death certificate Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA. Born 20 Apr 1883 Kansas, died 30 Jan 1957, age 73. Parents were Arthur M. Keas and Adeline Gentry. Reported by Mrs. Mae Hamel (daughter).
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As of 7 Aug 2019, no gravestone burial marker was in place on the plot.
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