The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois

April 5, 1952 - Saturday, pg 2 col 3

 

 

Fulton: - Obsequies for the late John C. Keil, 68, who was found dead in bed in his home in Fulton, Thursday night, will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from the Fay funeral home.  Rev. E. J. Blair of the Fulton Presbyterian church, will officiate.  The committal will be in the Fulton cemetery.  Coroner John T. Meyer of Sterling held an inquiry in the funeral home.  Death was caused naturally, it was revealed.

 

Mr. Keil was born April 28, 1883 in Fulton, where he lived all his life.  He was a retired freman (?) at the Climax Engine Works in Clinton, Ia., and was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge in Morrison and of the Izaak Walton League chapter.

 

He was preceded in death by his wife, nee Tillie Roeder, who passed away in 1946. Surviving are Eldred Ashworth, a foster brother of Portsmouth, Va., and four nephews and nieces of Clinton, Ia.