Olive Marie Keller

Olive M. Keller, 93, passed peacefully at her home in Cape Girardeau, MO on November 29, 2016 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. Mrs. Keller was born November 6, 1923 at Puxico, MO to F.J. and Lula Armstrong. Her family moved to Cape Girardeau to establish the Silver Springs dairy farm. She completed her elementary education at Campster Grade School and graduated from College High School on campus at Southeast Missouri State University in 1940. Through various community activities, she met Albert H. Keller. The couple was united in marriage December 24, 1941 at Trinity Lutheran Church parsonage and settled on the Keller dairy farm on Bloomfield Road ( now County Road 205). To this union two children were born, Terry L. Keller (Nanci) and Denise K. Hauck (Paul). Olive was a loving grandmother to Heather M. Hauck, Brent J. Keller (Amy), Cara Kellersmith (Chad), Krista M. Brackman (Nick), Angela D. Larsen (Adrien), and Gregory R. Keller. Mrs. Keller is great-grandmother to 14 children: Logan, Emerson, and Finley Keller; Alex and Kaia Kellersmith; Kaden, Leah, Hannah, Mikaela, and Cole Brackman; and Aiden, Annalise, Abigail Grace, and Alexandra Larsen. She was active in organizations in her community and church. Olive was a member of the Campster Welfare Club, and was a leader in the Campster 4-H Club for many years. At Trinity Lutheran Church, Olive was a member of the quilt group, a greeter, and volunteered to visit the shut-ins. Olive is survived by her brother, Carl D. Armstrong and his wife Connie, and a sister-in law, Luella Armstrong, and many nieces and nephews, and friends. She is preceeded in death by her parents F.J. and Lula Armstrong; her husband, Albert H. Keller; a brother Russell E. Armstrong (Luella); a sister, Bonnie M. Ludwig, and her husband Vernon; a sister, O. Eileen Gannon, and her husband Martin Gannon . A special appreciation goes to her family of caregivers for the last five years: Deborah Wolfe, Terressa Slinkard, Brittney Monahan, and Joyce Menz. Family and friends may gather from 1:00 PM until the time of service Friday, December 2, 2016 at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. At her request, a small private memorial service will be held at the funeral home at 1:30 PM Friday. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home for memorials to Be Wyatt Kind, an organization that sends new iPads to terminally ill children fighting cancer. Other expressions of sympathy may be sent to the funeral home.

Olive Marie Keller

November 6, 1923 - November 29, 2016