Hazel Keen, a 102-year-old resident of Trenton, died at 10:27 p.m. on Tuesday June 28, 2011 at the Wright Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient since June 22, 2011.
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Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the First Baptist Church in Trenton. Rev. Denny Chesnut and Mrs. Keen’s great grandson, Daniel Ferris Born will officiate. A eulogy will be given by Jana Ferris. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Memorial Gardens, north of Trenton.
Scheduled family visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church.
Mrs. Keen was born on July18, 1908 at Clarence, the daughter of Harry Henry Wilson and Mary Alice White Orr. She attended a country school at Clarence and after the eighth grade she attended and graduated from the Salisbury public school. She then attended Chillicothe Business College.
Upon graduation she went to work for Swift and Company in Clarinda, IA before transferring to Trenton. On Jan. 14, 1929, she was married at Trenton to Churchill Loren (C.L.) “Keeno” Keen, who preded her in death on Feb. 24, 1966. Mrs. Keen was keeping books for the family business, Keen Feed and Coal Company in Trenton when she applied for a job with the state of Missouri. She began working as a secretary and clerk at the county welfare office in 1950. She was promoted to caseworker in 1963 and she retired on July 31, 1975 at 67. After she retired she attended Trenton Junior College and graduated later with 33 credit hours.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church and for many years she was a Girl Scout leader. She was also a member of the BPW Club, 99 Club, Eastern Star, past president of the Shrine Ladies Club, the Sew and So Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, had been a committeewoman for the Democrat party in Grundy County and was also a member of the State of Missouri Century Club.
Mrs. Keen is survived by two daughters, Sharon Ferris of Trenton and Sonna Winter of Jefferson City; a son-in-law, Billie Young of Green City; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 32 great-great-grandchildren; three great-great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter, Carol Young in 2003; a brother, Hollis Orr; a sister, Helen Vasser; and two sons-in-laws, Joe Ferris and Edward Winter.
Memorial contributions have been suggested for the First Baptist Church in Trenton.
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