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John, wife Matilda, and son William are living on 11th Avenue SW, Fort Dodge, IA in 1920. Listed as also living with them is a family friend, Nicholas Johns.
Living in seperate houses on the same street are son Thomas, his wife, and son; son John (junior), wife and daughter; daughter Eva, her husband, and two sons.
SOURCE: 1920 Federal Census, Fort Dodge, Webster, IA
The 1930 Federal Census finds John and Matilda living at 11th Avenue SW, Fort Dodge, IA. Living with them was Nicholas Johns. It is interesting to note that John's parents birth location is listed as Czechoslovakia and his birth location is listed as Iowa.
SOURCE: 1930 Federal Census Fort Dodge, Webster, IA
Contributor writes:
Last Rites for John Keeler, Sr.
Funeral services for John Keeler, Sr., 72, living at 418 Eleventh Avenue Southwest, who had made his home here for more than 35 years, were held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. G. R. Gilbert of the Riverside Methodist Church conducted the services during which Mrs. C. J. Jensen sang two solos, ""The Old Rugged Cross" and "Just When I Need Him Most." She was accompanied on the orgatron by Mrs. Frances Nordstrom.
The flowers were arranged by Mrs. Edgar Williams and Mrs. Dillman Hyde. Friends acting as pallbearers were Frank Alvord, Jack Malea, Matt Ray, Ben Hartman, Dick Bailey, and Al Yates. Burial was in the family lot in Oakland Cemetery.
Relatives from away who attended the funeral were Mrs. Elmer May and William Keeler of Pontiac, Mich.; Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Keeler and family of Estherville; Samuel Smith of Brooklyn, Iowa, and Mrs. William Smith of Des Moines.
SOURCE: Keeler Family History papers, author unknown
EDITORS NOTE:
The headstone for John Keeler is marked as follows:
Keeler
Father
John
1866 - 1939
This birth year disagrees with family accounts of his birthyear, using his obituary and the headstone we have altered his birth year to 1866 even though the family reported 1869.
This headstone is located in the second row from the road and near the north cemetery road. It is located in the lots next to the John and Anna Pride plot, parents of Nanette Pride, the daughter-in-law of the Keeler's.
SOURCE: Personal visit to Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa 06-26-2004, picture of headstone on file
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