Dwight W. Keele, age 79, of Mt. Vernon, Ind., died Friday at Deaconess Hospice in Evansville. He was born Jan. 29, 1934, in Harmony, the son of Leuty and Ruth (Sumner) Keele. He married Marilyn Lane on March 18, 1956, in Mt. Vernon.Dwight taught school in Champaign for 22 years before working for Marathon Oil in Mt. Vernon, Ind., for 25 years. Dwight’s family had been longtime members of the Logan Street Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; one son, Jason (Laura) Keele of Evansville, Ind.; two daughters, Sue Ellen (Danny) Taylor of Clarksville, Tenn. and Terry Capel of Hilton Heard, S.C.; seven grandchildren, Katrina Vance, Travis Taylor, Nolan and Caleb Keele, Kaelob and J.C. Capel and Nicole Hutchcraft; and two great-grandchildren, Colton and Mason Vance.Services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the Stendeback Family Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, Ind. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday. Graveside services will be Saturday, July 27, at Memorial Garden Cemetery in Mt. Vernon.Full obituary information can be found at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com. -
A little more detail on his obit at the funeral home website: Dwight W. Keele January 29, 1934 - July 19, 2013 Dwight W. Keele, age 79 of Mt. Vernon, IN died Friday at Deaconess Hospice in Evansville. He was born January 29, 1934 at Harmony, IL the son of Leuty and Ruth (Sumner) Keele. He married Marilyn Lane on March 18, 1956 at Mt. Vernon, IL. Dwight taught school in Champaign for 22 years before working for Marathon Oil in Mt. Vernon, IN for 25 years. He was a veteran of the United States Army, Owen Dunn Post #5, the National Education Association, and the NRA. Dwights family had been longtime members of the Logan Street Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, IL. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; 1 son, Jason (Laura) Keele of Evansville; 2 daughters, Sue Ellen (Danny) Taylor of Clarksville, TN and Terry Capel of Hilton Heard, SC; 7 grandchildren, Katrina Vance, Travis Taylor, Nolan and Caleb Keele, Kaelob and J.C. Capel and Nicole Hutchcraft; 2 great-grandchildren, Colton and Mason Vance Services, 7 p.m. Monday July 22, 2013, at the Stendeback Family Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, IN. Visitation, 4-7 p.m. on Monday with military rites immediately following at the funeral home by Owen Dunn Post #5. Graveside services will be Saturday July 27, 2013 at Memorial Garden Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, IL. Sandy (Whalen) Bauer On 7/20/2013 6:25 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Dwight W. Keele, age 79, of Mt. Vernon, Ind., died Friday at Deaconess Hospice in Evansville. He was born Jan. 29, 1934, in Harmony, the son of Leuty and Ruth (Sumner) Keele. He married Marilyn Lane on March 18, 1956, in Mt. Vernon.Dwight taught school in Champaign for 22 years before working for Marathon Oil in Mt. Vernon, Ind., for 25 years. Dwight’s family had been longtime members of the Logan Street Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; one son, Jason (Laura) Keele of Evansville, Ind.; two daughters, Sue Ellen (Danny) Taylor of Clarksville, Tenn. and Terry Capel of Hilton Heard, S.C.; seven grandchildren, Katrina Vance, Travis Taylor, Nolan and Caleb Keele, Kaelob and J.C. Capel and Nicole Hutchcraft; and two great-grandchildren, Colton and Mason Vance.Services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the Stendeback Family Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, Ind. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday. Graveside services > will be Saturday, July 27, at Memorial Garden Cemetery in Mt. Vernon.Full obituary information can be found at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com. - > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message