Violet A. Keene

	Violet A. Keene, age 99, of Glen Carbon, IL, formerly of Pinckneyville, IL, passed away Friday morning, September 10, 2004 at 4:28 a.m.
	Violet was born on January 16, 1905 in Pinckneyville, IL, a daughter of Joseph and Letha (Hamilton) Reith. She married Winnie E. Keene on September 19, 1926 in Pinckneyville, IL, and he preceded her in death on December 22, 1974. Violet was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church and the Senior Citizens of Pinckneyville. 
	Survivors include one son: Kenneth and wife, Rita of Collinsville, IL, two grandchildren: Connie Smith and husband Dennis of Troy, IL, and Doug Keene of Maryville, IL, three great-grandchildren: Aimee, Mallory and Melissa Smith and one sister: Imogene Dutton of Monmouth, IL.
	Violet was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister: Vurr Anderson, and two brothers: Clinton Reith and Oren Reith.
	Funeral Services were held on Monday, September 13, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. in the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Pinckneyville, with Brother Rob Mathis officiating. Interment was in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Pinckneyville.
	Friends called at the Oak Grove Baptist Church on Monday morning from 9:30 a.m. till services.
	Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or Donor's Choice.
	Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home, Pinckneyville, was in charge of the arrangements.

