Howard Keys       Send a link to a friend

Archived Oct. 27, 2004

BEASON -- Howard K. Keys, 87, of Beason died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, at 3:11 a.m. at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Beason United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jame Hahs officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.

Mr. Keys was a farmer.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1941 to 1945 during World War II.

He was born Aug. 12, 1917, at Beason to A. Harold and May Kirby Keys. He married Elinor L. Morrison on Sept. 3, 1942, in Denver, Colo.

He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mary Etta Johnson of San Bernadino, Calif., Rebecca May Blake of Mount Airy, N.C., and Joan Louise Moxon of Littleton, Colo.; seven grandchildren, Elizabeth Anne Johnson of Riverton, Calif., Emily Jennifer Johnson Padilla of San Bernadino, Calif., Betsy, Brittany and Bethany Black of Mount Airy, N.C., and Tara and Justin Moxon of Littleton, Colo.; and one sister, Frances Keys Gustafson of St. Charles.

One grandchild, Bonnie Blake, preceded him in death.

He was very active in the Soil and Water Conservation District and was a Boy Scout leader for many years. He served on the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital board of trustees from 1964 to 1970 and was Courier Man of the Month in April 1971.

He was a member of the Beason United Methodist Church and was a Sunday school teacher for a number of years, as well as holding various positions in the church.

Memorials may be made to the church or to Beason Fire and Rescue.

Ina Grey       Send a link to a friend

Archived Oct. 25, 2004

LINCOLN -- Ina Mae Grey, 72, of Lincoln died Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, at 12:02 p.m. at her home.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Robert Henderson officiating.

Burial will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland.

Mrs. Grey retired from Ball-Incon, where she worked as a lab technician.

She was born March 9, 1932, in Franklin, Ky., to Everett and Lulu Eaton Mayhew. She married David Rollie Grey in Springfield, and he preceded her in death.

She is survived by one son, Rollie Grey of Lincoln; her mother, of Franklin, Ky.; two grandchildren; one brother, Jim Mayhew of Franklin, Ky., and two sisters, Barbara Boykin of Indianapolis, Ind., and Wanda Phelps of Morgantown, Ky.

She was also preceded in death by her father, three brothers and one sister.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln and the American Association of Retired Persons.

Memorials may be made to the building fund of the First Baptist Church.

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