Scottsbluff-Gering, Nebraska
Elizabeth Keller
A funeral for Elizabeth W (Wamboldt) Keller, 75, Scottsbluff, who died Monday, will be at 2:30 p.m. today (Thursday) in St. James Lutheran Church with the Rev. Barklie Johnson officiating and burial in Fairview cemetery. A memorial was established to the church. Jolliffe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She was born Dec 29, 1906 at Dittle, Russia. In 1912 she came to the United States and Scottsbluff, where she grew up and attended school. She married David Keller, March 7, 1926 at Scottsbluff. They farmed southeast of Gering until moving to Scottsbluff in 1928. They had lived in their current home since 1946. She worked in the food service department at Bryant Elementary school for about seven years. She was a member of the church and Dorcas Society.
Survivors include her husband; sons, David of Scottsbluff, Melvin and Roland both of Stockton, Calif., and Willard of Pueble, Colo.; daughters, Mrs. Shirley Schenbeck and Mrs. Arline Carleton, both of Denver; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a granddaughter.
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A son, Roland Vernon Keller, was born 5 April 1931 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and died 21 Jun 1983 in Stockton, California. His cremains were scattered in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Calaveras County.
Scottsbluff-Gering, Nebraska
Elizabeth Keller
A funeral for Elizabeth W (Wamboldt) Keller, 75, Scottsbluff, who died Monday, will be at 2:30 p.m. today (Thursday) in St. James Lutheran Church with the Rev. Barklie Johnson officiating and burial in Fairview cemetery. A memorial was established to the church. Jolliffe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She was born Dec 29, 1906 at Dittle, Russia. In 1912 she came to the United States and Scottsbluff, where she grew up and attended school. She married David Keller, March 7, 1926 at Scottsbluff. They farmed southeast of Gering until moving to Scottsbluff in 1928. They had lived in their current home since 1946. She worked in the food service department at Bryant Elementary school for about seven years. She was a member of the church and Dorcas Society.
Survivors include her husband; sons, David of Scottsbluff, Melvin and Roland both of Stockton, Calif., and Willard of Pueble, Colo.; daughters, Mrs. Shirley Schenbeck and Mrs. Arline Carleton, both of Denver; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a granddaughter.
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A son, Roland Vernon Keller, was born 5 April 1931 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and died 21 Jun 1983 in Stockton, California. His cremains were scattered in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Calaveras County.
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Dave & Elizabeth were married in Harrisburg, Nebraska, a small farm town south of Scottsbluff. (Info from Willard Keller)
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