Herman M & Dorothea Anna (Hall) Keller
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Obit for Dorothea posted by Janet Laubhan Flickinger
Sep 6, 1919 - Apr 2, 2014
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http://www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/
Dorothea Anna Keller, 94, of Norman passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
She was born in Norman to Leslie and Amelia Hall on
September 6, 1919. She married her very handsome, twinkly
blue-eyed husband, Herman Keller, Sr. on June 6, 1941. A
lifetime member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, and its longest
continuous member, she served and volunteered on numerous
committees and the Women’s Guild. In 1990, she received an
award from the church in recognition for her service and was
named Woman of the Year for 1994-1995. Appointed by the mayor,
she served on the original board of the Norman Human Rights
Commission from July 13, 1971 to July 13, 1972. After her
youngest child started school, she went to work for the Head
Start Program as a cook and later worked for the public school
system in the lunch program.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Herman;
infant daughter, Helen Ruth; son-in-law, Nick Roberts;
grandsons, Peter Roberts and Cory Parker; great grandson, Brian
Roberts; and brothers, John Hall, Leslie (Pete) Hall, James
Hall, and Mike Hall.
Dorothea is survived by her 11 children and their spouses,
Patricia Roberts, Barbara and Steve Williams, Herman, Jr. and
Trisha Keller, Julia and Jerry Couchman, Mary Lee and Indra
Goradia, Lewis and Sandy Keller, Susan Parker, Dottie and Mike
Straight, Kathy and Mark Allen, Robert and Ellen Keller, and
Rita and Clayton Newman; 16 grandchildren, 20
great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. She
also has many nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly.
Visitation for Dorothea will be held 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
Saturday, April 5, 2014 and 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Sunday, April
6, 2014 with a Vigil Prayer Service beginning at 6:00 p.m.,
Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel,
3401 Havenbrook Street in Norman.
Mass of Christian Burial will
begin at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 7, 2014 at St. Joseph
Catholic Church, 211 N. Porter in Norman with interment
following at the Warren Cemetery.
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