Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Marguerite A. Keen

June 19, 1936 - Feb. 9, 1997

 

South Bend TRibune 2/11/1997

SOUTH BEND - Marguerite A. Keen, 60, of West Washington Street, South Bend, died at 8:52 p.m. on Sunday, in Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Keen was born June 19, 1936, in Three Oaks, Mich., and lived in this area most of her life.

 

On Aug. 17, 1957, in Three Oaks, as Marguerite Benhart, she married Leonard Keen who survives. She is also survived by a daughter, Judy Keen of South Bend; three sons, Steve (Kim) Keen, Donald (Jamie) Keen, both of South Bend, and John (Kim) Keen, of North Liberty, Ind.; 12 grandchildren; one sister, Margaret King of Portage, Ind.; and three brothers, John Benhart of South Bend, James Benhart and Anthony Benhart, both of Three Oaks. Mrs. Keen was preceded in death by a grandchild, Christian, and by a sister, Marie King who died in 1996.

 

Mrs. Keen was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic Church. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today, and from 2 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the St. Joseph Funeral Home, where a rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Burial will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Three Oaks.