Mabel Keller

ADRIAN – Mabel A. Keller, age 97 of Jasper passed away Friday, February 13, 2009. She was born November 13, 1911 in Pike Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio to Alfred and Emma (Kutzley) Barnes. She attended the Fruit Ridge School and was a graduate of Sand Creek High School, Class of 1930. She then graduated from Lenawee County Normal School and taught at several Lenawee one-room schools, the last being Tuft school in Seneca. On March 4, 1933 she married John H. Keller of Morenci in Angola, Indiana and he preceded her in death in 1982. She was a member of the Jasper Woman’s Club, Fairfield Chapter #224 Order of the Eastern Star, and the Weston United Methodist Church, which she attended from early childhood. She and her husband owned Keller Insurance Agency from 1952 to 1978 where she managed the office until the agency was sold to their son, Howard. She then spent her winters in Palmetto, Florida where she was active in several clubs until 2004. She is survived by her two sons, Howard J. (Margie) Keller of Sand Creek and George W. (Alice) Keller of Sunbury, Ohio. A third son, Charles, died as an infant. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Kevin H. (Debra) Keller of Jasper; Craig (Becky) Keller of Galena, Ohio; Kristi Keller of Sand Creek; Kerry A. (Constance) Keller of Sand Creek; Bradley (Mary) Keller of Galena, Ohio; and Karen Keller Lambka of Sand Creek; 16 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by a special sister-in-law, Aldyth Barnes of Seneca. Besides her husband and son, she was preceded in death by her parents and eight siblings; Ruth Bovee, Blanche Waldron, Edith Thiel, Erma Graham, Howard Barnes, Donald Barnes, Everett Barnes and Vernon Barnes. The funeral service for Mabel will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at Wagley Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Smith officiating. Burial will take place in Weston Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. and an Eastern Star service will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, conducted by the Fairfield Order of the Eastern Star. You may also send condolences or sign the register book at www.wagleyfuneralhome.com. Contributions in memory of Mabel may be made to the Weston United Methodist Church or Maurice Spear Campus. Envelopes are available at Wagley Funeral Home.

Mabel Keller

November 13, 1911 - February 13, 2009