July 31, 1997

MILDRED KEENE

Mildred Lucille Keene, 76, 413 Albert, died Wednesday, July 30, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born March 25, 1921, in Hickman, Ky., daughter of Isaac Joseph and Anna Nora Higgerson Tisher. She and Harold Keene were married Sept. 18, 1937, in Clinton, Ky...

Mildred Lucille Keene, 76, 413 Albert, died Wednesday, July 30, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born March 25, 1921, in Hickman, Ky., daughter of Isaac Joseph and Anna Nora Higgerson Tisher. She and Harold Keene were married Sept. 18, 1937, in Clinton, Ky.

Keene was a member of Bethany Baptist Church.

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Survivors include her husband; three sons, Joe Keene of Kennett, Marvin Keene of Cape Girardeau and Johnny Keene of Granite City, Ill.; a brother, Joe Tisher of Park Hills; five sisters, Lena Michelena of Sikeston, Dora Miget of Denver, Colo., Marie Viola of Jackson, Sue Adcock of Portageville and Maxie Ritter of Osage Beach; 8 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by a son and daughter.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday.

Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Evergreen Cemetery in New Madrid, with the Revs. Donny Ford and Mickey Bellis officiating.

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