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KELLER, Victor Erasmus

Source: Veedersburg News  Dec 2 1960

Funeral services for Victor Erasmus Keller, 67, were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Fairmount, Ill., Presbyterian Church with Rev. Edward Black officiating and interment was made in the Greenview Cemetery at Fairmount. Mr. Keller, 67, a retired laborer, succumbed at his home Wednesday N ov 23 1960 at 11 a.m. Mr. Keller had been in ill health for two years, but death was unexpected. A native of Fountain County, he was born there July 11 1893, the son of M r. and Mrs. Joseph Keller.  He was married Aug 11 1914 to Miss Cecil Dora Groves of Fountain County. Mr. Keller moved to Illinois in 1928 and had resided in Fairmount for the past eight years. Survivors include the wife; eight daughters, Mrs. Mildred Philpott of Veedersburg, Mrs. LaDashia Hilgeman of Tilton, Mrs. Helen Humphrey of Fairmount, Mrs. Winifred Kitte ll and Mrs. Merle Verhoeven, both of Danville, Mrs. Dora Stine of Hoopeston, Mrs. Audrey Delp of Kingman, Ind. and Shirley at home;  two sons, Russell Keller of Fairmount, Earl Keller of Newman; a sister, Mrs. Florence Abenathy of Covington. Also five brothers, Clint and Clyde Keller, both of Y eddo, Ind., Dix Keller of Covington, Ind., John Keller of Michigan, Herb Keller of Boswell, Ind.; 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild. He w as preceded in death by his parents and one son.
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