Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Mary Lucille Keen

June 20, 1919 - Jan. 6, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 1/9/2008
SOUTH BEND - Mary Lucille Keen, 88, of South Bend passed away at 4:45 a.m., Sunday, January 6, 2008, in Regency Place Nursing Home, South Bend. Mary was born on June 20, 1919 in Mishawaka, to the late Raymond and Lenora (Wolf) Fisher.

 

On May 19, 1934 in Mishawaka, she married Dale J. Keen, Sr., who passed away on November 11, 1961. She is also preceded in death by two sons, Devon W and Dale J. Keen; two daughters, Ruth J. Hall and Dolores S. Kulchar; and one brother, Raymond Fisher Jr. Mary is survived by two daughters, Dorothy L. Jennings of South Bend, her children, Richard Jr., Amy Clark, and Michelle Statler; Elizabeth A. (Thomas) Blasko of Granger, her children John P. Pollard and Elizabeth D. Curran; one son, Charles R. Keen of South Bend, his children, Charles, Jr. Mark, Lisa Hensley, and Kathy Wismer; 27 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by one brother, Richard (Leona) Fisher of South Bend; half-brother, Phil (Judy) Wilkins of California; and sister-in-law, Millie Fisher of Norwich, Maine.

 

Mary was co/owner and operator of Keen Cleaners. She also was the accountant at Michiana Warehouse for numerous years. She was a devoted Baptist and lived with God in her heart.

 

There will be no services or visitation. Cremation has taken place. Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10076 McKinley Highway, Osceola is handling arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 or to River Bend Cancer Society, 711 E. Colfax Avenue, South Bend, IN 46617