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Keller - Narcissa Livengood

Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Review Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana Jan 12, 1962

Mrs. Narcissa Eva Keller, 92, a Crawfordsville residence since 1901 and considered the oldest member of the 1st Christian Church died shortly after midnight Thursday in the Rudisill Nursing Home. She was born June 5, 1869 in Fountain County and her parents were Elias and Sarah Jane Young Livengood. On April 8, 1885, she married E.M. Keller. He died in 1958. Shortly after their marriage, the couple lived near Wallace coming to Crawfordsville in 1901. She was a member of Circle I of the Christian Women's Fellowship at the First Christian Church. She also attended Fountain County schools. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Roy D. Shields of Crawfordsville, two granddaughters, Mrs. Robert T. Maze of Lebanon and Prof. Dorothy Ann Shields of New Brunswick, NJ and two great grandchildre, Jimmie and Janie Maze of Lebanon. SHe was preceded in death by her husband; an infant son, Walter Ernest; four brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Bright Funeral Home with Rev. Paul E. Million officiating. Burial in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Narcissa Eva Keller, 92-year-old Crawfordsville resident, were held Sunday afternoon at Bright Funeral Home by Rev. Paul E. Million. Pallbearers, who helped with the flowers, were John R. Young, Charles Lee Graves, John W. Smith and Lee Shields of Crawfordsville; Marion Sutton of Lafayette, and Robert T. Maze of Lebanon. Curtis E. Bright played requested selections on the organ. Burial was beside her husband in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Mrs. Keller, a native of Fountain County and a resident of Crawfordsville since 1901, died Friday morning following a long illness.

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