Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, January 19, 1899 Died, at his late residence in Franklin Township on the 9th day of January, Of debility, W.R. KELLER, in the 74th year of his age. He was born in Putnam County, Indiana, February 28, 1825, and was united in Marriage to NANCY J. HELM in 1850. Five years later he moved to Iowa and Settled in Decatur County. He was a soldier in both the Mexican and the Late Civil War. He leaves four sons and six daughters, one of the daughters Being in Colorado, and one of the sons, CLATE, was a soldier in the war with Spain, but was discharged before seeing active service. The writer was personally acquainted with deceased for a third of a century, and knew him to be an upright, honest man, a good neighbor, a kind husband and father, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Although not a member of any church and making no public profession of his faith, yet he was a firm believer in Christ and the Christian religion, and expressed himself to a friend just before death that all his hope was in Jesus. Funeral services were held at the Fairview Church , after which the remains were bourne to the Shy Cemetery, and laid beside his beloved wife, who preceded him to the spirit world only a few months. The funeral was attended by a large company of sorrowing friends and neighbors who deeply feel their loss. -- S. Samson ------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 3, 2009 [email protected]