Eleanor Keener

Eleanor Keener, age 90 for­merly of Marengo, died Sat­ur­day after­noon August 18, 2012 at Coun­tryview of Sunbury.

She was born on Jan­u­ary 1, 1922 in Fayette County to the late Elden and Inez (Cook) White­side. She was retired from the State of Ohio, a mem­ber of Marengo United Methodist Church and a 70 year mem­ber of Order of the East­ern Star Chap­ter #146.

Eleanor kept her­self busy after retire­ment being involved with senior activ­i­ties. Eleanor was the Pres­i­dent of the Marengo Senior Cit­i­zens, a mem­ber for 22 years, on the Board of Direc­tors for the Mor­row County Senior Cit­i­zens, involved with the Red Hat Ladies and help­ing with any­thing at the senior cen­ters, meals, table dec­o­ra­tions and look­ing for volunteers.

She is sur­vived by her daugh­ter: Judith Ann Pyles Neu­big of Sun­bury; grand­chil­dren: Jef­frey (Lisa) Pyles of West­er­ville, Sara (Arjun) Nagra of Sun­bury, Gre­gory Pyles of New Albany; great grand­chil­dren: Aiden, Owen, Gavin, Avery; brother: Thomas White­side of Mount Ster­ling; sis­ter: Aileen Ger­ard of Jamestown.

She was pre­ceded in death by her hus­band: Robert Keener in May 1989; broth­ers: Richard, Max; sis­ters: Mary Louise Booco, Janet Harkins

Friends may call Mon­day from 6–8 p.m. at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, SR 3 at 61, Sun­bury and two hours prior to the 2 p.m. ser­vice on Tues­day. Inter­ment will fol­low in the Sun­bury Memo­r­ial Park.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to Seniors on Cen­ter, 41 West Cen­ter St. Mount Gilead, Ohio 43338 or Hos­pice of Mor­row County, 228 South Street, Mount Gilead, Ohio 43338.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

Posted by Randa Wagner on Aug 20 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.