ObituariesSeptember 21, 2001
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Irmabelle Keller of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Sandra Schaller will officiate. Burial will be in Sikeston City Cemetery. Keller, 87, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Irmabelle Keller of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Sandra Schaller will officiate. Burial will be in Sikeston City Cemetery.

Keller, 87, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Oct. 25, 1913, in Madison, Neb., daughter of Frederick Hamilton and Hattie Belle Thatch Davis. She and Ira E. Keller were married June 18, 1933. He died Nov. 23, 1981.

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Keller worked eight years at International Shoe Co., owned and operated a grocery store with her husband, delivered newspapers, worked at Britt's Department Store, and at a Hallmark store. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a son, Don Keller of Clemson, S.C.; a daughter, Ann Kem of Franklin, Ky.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by an infant son and two sisters.

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