Ella Mae Keene

Ella Mae Keene, age 86, of Pinckneyville, IL died in the Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, IL on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 at 1:36 p.m.

Ella was born on January 2, 1916, the daughter of John M. and Sarah J. (Stern) Poninski.  She married William D. Keene, Jr. in 1933 in Pinckneyville, IL and he preceded her in death on November 7, 1998.  Ella was a member of St. Bruno Catholic Church in Pinckneyville, IL, former member of the Catholic Daughters of America, and a member of the former Elks Country Club in Pinckneyville, IL.

Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Harsy and husband, Ed, of Pinckneyville, IL, 2 sons, Cecil Keene and wife, Ruth, of Pinckneyville, IL, and Danny Keene and wife Debbie of Simpsonville, SC, one brother, Carl Poninski, of Florissant, MO, one sister, Aurelia Stevens, of Tamaroa, IL, nine grandchildren, Valerie, Billy, Linda, Tammy, and John Keene, Mark Harsy, Mitchell and wife Rebecca Harsy, Andrew and wife Amber Keene and Christopher Keene, three great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services were Friday, May 10, 2002 at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville, IL at 10:30 a.m. with Father John Venegoni and Reverend James Bush officiating.  Interment was in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Pinckneyville, IL.

Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville, IL Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m. and again on Friday from 8:00 a.m. till services.

Memorials may be made to the Mary Kuykendall-Carpenter Heart Fund.
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