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Lila Lavonne <I>Keeling</I> Terry

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Lila Lavonne Keeling Terry

Birth
Belmond, Wright County, Iowa, USA
Death
12 Jul 2006 (aged 78)
Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Clarion, Wright County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lee Willim Addition
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Lila L. Terry, 78, formerly of Clarion, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa. Funeral services for Lila Terry will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 15, 2006 at Clarion Church of Christ in Clarion, Iowa, with Pastor Tim Platt officiating. Burial will be held in the Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation for Lila Terry was held on Friday July 14, 2006 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ewing Dugger Helgeson Funeral Home, 602 North Main Street in Clarion, Iowa, and will continue for one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday.

Lila, daughter of William and Mary (White) Keeling was born March 8, 1928 around Belmond, Iowa. Her younger years were spent in Wright County, before moving to Missouri, where she graduated from high school in Niangua, Missouri. She was united in marriage to Thomas R. Terry on May 30, 1946 in Niangua, Missouri and they made their home in Clarion, Iowa, where they raised a family and Lila helped with her husband's side home remodeling jobs until moving to Colfax in 1987.

Lila is survived by her husband of 60 years, Thomas R. Terry; daughter Kathy L. Mathews of Colfax; son Johnny W. Terry and wife Judith of West Des Moines; grandchildren, Susan L. Mathews of Colfax, Pamela K. Fisher and husband Chandler, and Steven W. Terry of Des Moines; great-grandchildren, Johnny W. Terry II, Ryan N. Terry, and Sydney R. Fisher of Des Moines; one brother, Clifford Keeling and wife Irene of Clarion; two sisters-in-law, Betty Terry of Clarion, and Bertha Terry of Conway, Missouri; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Mary Keeling; three brothers, Melvin, Clarence, and Orie Keeling; and one sister, Sylvia LaBounty. The family requests that memorials be sent to Alzheimer's Research.

Des Moines Register --- Iowa
July 15, 2006
Contributor: Sarah Thorson Little (50197235)
Lila L. Terry, 78, formerly of Clarion, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa. Funeral services for Lila Terry will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 15, 2006 at Clarion Church of Christ in Clarion, Iowa, with Pastor Tim Platt officiating. Burial will be held in the Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation for Lila Terry was held on Friday July 14, 2006 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ewing Dugger Helgeson Funeral Home, 602 North Main Street in Clarion, Iowa, and will continue for one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday.

Lila, daughter of William and Mary (White) Keeling was born March 8, 1928 around Belmond, Iowa. Her younger years were spent in Wright County, before moving to Missouri, where she graduated from high school in Niangua, Missouri. She was united in marriage to Thomas R. Terry on May 30, 1946 in Niangua, Missouri and they made their home in Clarion, Iowa, where they raised a family and Lila helped with her husband's side home remodeling jobs until moving to Colfax in 1987.

Lila is survived by her husband of 60 years, Thomas R. Terry; daughter Kathy L. Mathews of Colfax; son Johnny W. Terry and wife Judith of West Des Moines; grandchildren, Susan L. Mathews of Colfax, Pamela K. Fisher and husband Chandler, and Steven W. Terry of Des Moines; great-grandchildren, Johnny W. Terry II, Ryan N. Terry, and Sydney R. Fisher of Des Moines; one brother, Clifford Keeling and wife Irene of Clarion; two sisters-in-law, Betty Terry of Clarion, and Bertha Terry of Conway, Missouri; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Mary Keeling; three brothers, Melvin, Clarence, and Orie Keeling; and one sister, Sylvia LaBounty. The family requests that memorials be sent to Alzheimer's Research.

Des Moines Register --- Iowa
July 15, 2006
Contributor: Sarah Thorson Little (50197235)


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