KEYS, Clarence - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

WAYNETOWN- Clarence (Peanut) Keys, 70, died at 1:45 p.m. Monday in the state sanitarium at Rockville after a long illness. He had been a patient there since Oc. 1, 1961 and in failing health several years. Born in this community July 21, 1892, he was a son of John and Hulda Poole Keys. He was married Oct. 26, 1910 to Evelyn McElwee at Veedersburg. She preceded him in death. Mr. Keys was a member of the Waynetown Baptist Church. He was a foreman at the Veedersburg brick plant and later worked five years at Hammond for Lever Bros. He last was employed as custodian at the Waynetown School. After his wife’s death he made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Frank Biggs of Rt. 4 Crawfordsville. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Thelma Roy Davis of Waynetown and Mrs. Helen Biggs; two sons, Alfred of Hammond and Raymond of Lancing, Ill.; 12 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two step-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Golda Goins of Terre Haute and Mrs. Esther Brown of Crawfordsville, and a brother, Aura Keys of Crawfordsville. Deceased are a grandchild, a brother, Alfred, and a sister, Mrs. Ora Gilfillen. Services are announced for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Servies Funeral Home Rev. Lewis Poore will officiate, and burial will be in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Clarence "Peanuts" Keys, 70, died at 1:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at the State sanitorium near Rockville where he had been a patient since Oct 1, 1961.  He had been in failing health several years. Born July 21, 1892 at Waynetown he was the son of John and Hulda Poole Keys.  He was married Oct 26, 1910 to Evelyn McElwee at Veedersburg and she preceded him in death.  He was a member of the Waynetown Baptist Church and had been employed as a foreman at Veedersburg Brick Co also by Lever Bros at Hammond and was janitor at the Waynetown School.  He spent his early life at Veedersburg and had made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Helen Biggs of Crawfordsville Route 4.  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Biggs and Mrs. Thelma Davis of Waynetown; two sons, Alfred of Hammond and Raymond of Lansing, Ill; 12 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two step grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Golda Goins of Terre Haute and Mrs. Esther Brown of Veedersburg and a brother, Aura Keys of Crawfordsville.  He was preceded in death by a grandchildren, a brother and a sister.  Services were held at the Servies Funeral Home in Waynetown at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Lewis Poore officiating. Burial was in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery.  - jz