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Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mt Carmel, Wabash County IL

Bernard R Keepes

  Bernard R Keepes     Born: 1 Jun 1932    Died: 26 Jul 2003    Plot:
CE3 US Navy Korea
Where died:   of Mt Carmel IL
Son of:   Raymond J Keepes (21 Mar 1904 IL-Jul 1970 Mt Carmel s/of Peter Lewis Keepes {1875-1964} & Mary A Tennes {1876-1935}) & Odelia Wahler (17 Sep 1904 IL-25 Oct 2008 Mt Carmel IL; d/of Andrew Wahler & Ida Schmidt)
Married:   6 Jul 1954 Mt Carmel Carolyn S Winkler*
Children:
- Karen S (m: Michael Lehmann res: Mt Carmel IL)
- Susan M (m: Lonnie Ford res: Mt Carmel IL)
- David (m: Amy res: Carrollton TX)
- Michael R (m: Michelle res: Mt Carmel IL)
- Patrick R (res: Evansville IN
- fiancee Lisa Acobert of Indianapolis IN)
Siblings:
- Philip E (3 Nov 1939-21 Jan 2012 buried St Mary Cem)
- Duane (27 Dec 1941-16 Jul 1995 Mt Carmel IL)
- Dorothy (m: ? Zammas res: Miami FL)
- Rosemary (d: m: ? Stricklin).
(obit and obits of Carolyn and Philip).
Note: Jaden Matthew Ford; 28 Aug 2013-28 Aug 2013 Evansville IN
Lived at:   Mt Carmel IL; s/of Clint Ford and Morgan Summerfield
Brother:  Jason; maternal grandparents: Charles and Brenda Summerfield; paternal grandparents: Lonnie Ford m: Susan
Great-Grandparents:  Evalena French (m: George Ford) and Dorothea Ligon and Dan Riggs and Shirley Ann Baker (both buried Orio Cem) and Bernard R Keepes* and Carolyn* and George E. Maxwell Ford (1926-2010 buried Orio Cem.); no cem mentioned.

      * indicates buried with Bernard R Keepes in Highland Memorial Cemetery.

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About Highland Memorial Cemetery:
Highland Memorial Cemetery, founded in 1916, is the largest cemetery in Wabash County and receives more interments each year than all other cemeteries in the Mt Carmel area. Other cemeteries in Mt Carmel include Sand Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill Cemetery, St Mary's Cemetery and Simonds Cemetery.
Burials: 8587
Location: 1827 College Drive, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County