Anna was the daughter of Wilhelm (William) J. Goellner and Theresa (Tracey) (Waldhoff) Goellner. She married Henry William Keim in Hannibal, Missouri on September 7, 1919. During WWI Anna's brother, Joe Goellner and Henry W. Keim became very good friends during training. They both ended up in France and Joe asked Anna to write to his friend, Henry Keim. Joe did not make it home, but his best friend, Henry, married his sister, Anna. Later on two of Henry's brothers married two of Anna's sisters. Then the widowed parents, Tracey Goellner and Henry J. Keim, married.
Anna could do just about anything. Her children remembered her telling that when her mother, Tracey, became sick and Anna was just a young girl, perhaps as young as 8 years old, Anna had to do the cooking and caring for her family. Even though she had two older brothers, Anna also made sure that the milking and chores had been finished. When she was older (14 and up), Anna went to Hannibal, MO to work as cook and maid for the Cruikshank Family at the Cruikshank Mansion now Rockcliffe Mansion. Anna quit when she was told to go out on the porch and wash the second floor windows. Anna went two houses up the street and got another job cleaning and cooking for the McKnight family.
At her brother's request, she wrote to Henry William Keim during WWI. Her brother, Joe, died in France. Anna asked the mailman for a ride to Calhoun Co. She met Henry W. Keim's parents before she met him. They had 9 children with 6 living to adulthood. She lost three sons--the first one unnamed was stillborn after Anna had influenza (Spanish flu) and was buried under the oak tree at their first farm and Jimmy and Richard were buried at St. Mary's (Holy Family) in Hannibal, but do not have markers. Anna raised a big garden, sewed all of their clothes, milked cows, helped shuck corn, and did what had to be done. She made "sunkissed strawberry preserves" and seemed to make a meal like it was magic. Anna made the best cookies and always had a container to send home with her numerous grandchildren. She was proud of her weed free garden and you could often find her in it with her hoe. Anna and Henry W. Keim moved to Hull, IL from the farm in 1957. Henry W. passed away in his sleep from a heart attack on December 15, 1958. Anna and their daughter, Margaret, continued to live in Hull, IL until Anna's death on October 18, 1984 from heart failure during two days of surgery in an attempt to implant a pacemaker.
A Mass of Christian burial for Anna Marie Keim, 87, of Hull, IL, was held at 10:30 AM Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Rev. Edwin Schmidt officiated. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Keim died at 7:35 PM October 18, at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
She was born Jan. 16, 1897, in Effingham County, IL, to William and Teresa Waldhoff Goellner. She was married to Henry W. Keim Sept. 7, 1919 in Hannibal. He died Dec. 15, 1958.
Surviving are two sons, Harry Keim of Kane, IL and Allen Keim of Kinderhook, IL; three daughters, Miss Margaret Keim of Hull, Mrs. Lucille Edmiston of Kinderhook, IL and Mrs. Dorothy Gray of Roswell, NM.; three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Schwartz of Palmyra, Mrs. Elizabeth Keim of Hannibal and Mrs. Mayme Blair of Kewanee, IL, 16 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Hannibal Catholic Church and attended school in Effingham County, IL.
Visitation was at Clark Funeral Home and where the rosary was recited.
Anna could do just about anything. Her children remembered her telling that when her mother, Tracey, became sick and Anna was just a young girl, perhaps as young as 8 years old, Anna had to do the cooking and caring for her family. Even though she had two older brothers, Anna also made sure that the milking and chores had been finished. When she was older (14 and up), Anna went to Hannibal, MO to work as cook and maid for the Cruikshank Family at the Cruikshank Mansion now Rockcliffe Mansion. Anna quit when she was told to go out on the porch and wash the second floor windows. Anna went two houses up the street and got another job cleaning and cooking for the McKnight family.
At her brother's request, she wrote to Henry William Keim during WWI. Her brother, Joe, died in France. Anna asked the mailman for a ride to Calhoun Co. She met Henry W. Keim's parents before she met him. They had 9 children with 6 living to adulthood. She lost three sons--the first one unnamed was stillborn after Anna had influenza (Spanish flu) and was buried under the oak tree at their first farm and Jimmy and Richard were buried at St. Mary's (Holy Family) in Hannibal, but do not have markers. Anna raised a big garden, sewed all of their clothes, milked cows, helped shuck corn, and did what had to be done. She made "sunkissed strawberry preserves" and seemed to make a meal like it was magic. Anna made the best cookies and always had a container to send home with her numerous grandchildren. She was proud of her weed free garden and you could often find her in it with her hoe. Anna and Henry W. Keim moved to Hull, IL from the farm in 1957. Henry W. passed away in his sleep from a heart attack on December 15, 1958. Anna and their daughter, Margaret, continued to live in Hull, IL until Anna's death on October 18, 1984 from heart failure during two days of surgery in an attempt to implant a pacemaker.
A Mass of Christian burial for Anna Marie Keim, 87, of Hull, IL, was held at 10:30 AM Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Rev. Edwin Schmidt officiated. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Keim died at 7:35 PM October 18, at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
She was born Jan. 16, 1897, in Effingham County, IL, to William and Teresa Waldhoff Goellner. She was married to Henry W. Keim Sept. 7, 1919 in Hannibal. He died Dec. 15, 1958.
Surviving are two sons, Harry Keim of Kane, IL and Allen Keim of Kinderhook, IL; three daughters, Miss Margaret Keim of Hull, Mrs. Lucille Edmiston of Kinderhook, IL and Mrs. Dorothy Gray of Roswell, NM.; three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Schwartz of Palmyra, Mrs. Elizabeth Keim of Hannibal and Mrs. Mayme Blair of Kewanee, IL, 16 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Hannibal Catholic Church and attended school in Effingham County, IL.
Visitation was at Clark Funeral Home and where the rosary was recited.
Anna was the daughter of Wilhelm (William) J. Goellner and Theresa (Tracey) (Waldhoff) Goellner. She married Henry William Keim in Hannibal, Missouri on September 7, 1919. During WWI Anna's brother, Joe Goellner and Henry W. Keim became very good friends during training. They both ended up in France and Joe asked Anna to write to his friend, Henry Keim. Joe did not make it home, but his best friend, Henry, married his sister, Anna. Later on two of Henry's brothers married two of Anna's sisters. Then the widowed parents, Tracey Goellner and Henry J. Keim, married.
Anna could do just about anything. Her children remembered her telling that when her mother, Tracey, became sick and Anna was just a young girl, perhaps as young as 8 years old, Anna had to do the cooking and caring for her family. Even though she had two older brothers, Anna also made sure that the milking and chores had been finished. When she was older (14 and up), Anna went to Hannibal, MO to work as cook and maid for the Cruikshank Family at the Cruikshank Mansion now Rockcliffe Mansion. Anna quit when she was told to go out on the porch and wash the second floor windows. Anna went two houses up the street and got another job cleaning and cooking for the McKnight family.
At her brother's request, she wrote to Henry William Keim during WWI. Her brother, Joe, died in France. Anna asked the mailman for a ride to Calhoun Co. She met Henry W. Keim's parents before she met him. They had 9 children with 6 living to adulthood. She lost three sons--the first one unnamed was stillborn after Anna had influenza (Spanish flu) and was buried under the oak tree at their first farm and Jimmy and Richard were buried at St. Mary's (Holy Family) in Hannibal, but do not have markers. Anna raised a big garden, sewed all of their clothes, milked cows, helped shuck corn, and did what had to be done. She made "sunkissed strawberry preserves" and seemed to make a meal like it was magic. Anna made the best cookies and always had a container to send home with her numerous grandchildren. She was proud of her weed free garden and you could often find her in it with her hoe. Anna and Henry W. Keim moved to Hull, IL from the farm in 1957. Henry W. passed away in his sleep from a heart attack on December 15, 1958. Anna and their daughter, Margaret, continued to live in Hull, IL until Anna's death on October 18, 1984 from heart failure during two days of surgery in an attempt to implant a pacemaker.
A Mass of Christian burial for Anna Marie Keim, 87, of Hull, IL, was held at 10:30 AM Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Rev. Edwin Schmidt officiated. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Keim died at 7:35 PM October 18, at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
She was born Jan. 16, 1897, in Effingham County, IL, to William and Teresa Waldhoff Goellner. She was married to Henry W. Keim Sept. 7, 1919 in Hannibal. He died Dec. 15, 1958.
Surviving are two sons, Harry Keim of Kane, IL and Allen Keim of Kinderhook, IL; three daughters, Miss Margaret Keim of Hull, Mrs. Lucille Edmiston of Kinderhook, IL and Mrs. Dorothy Gray of Roswell, NM.; three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Schwartz of Palmyra, Mrs. Elizabeth Keim of Hannibal and Mrs. Mayme Blair of Kewanee, IL, 16 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Hannibal Catholic Church and attended school in Effingham County, IL.
Visitation was at Clark Funeral Home and where the rosary was recited.
Anna could do just about anything. Her children remembered her telling that when her mother, Tracey, became sick and Anna was just a young girl, perhaps as young as 8 years old, Anna had to do the cooking and caring for her family. Even though she had two older brothers, Anna also made sure that the milking and chores had been finished. When she was older (14 and up), Anna went to Hannibal, MO to work as cook and maid for the Cruikshank Family at the Cruikshank Mansion now Rockcliffe Mansion. Anna quit when she was told to go out on the porch and wash the second floor windows. Anna went two houses up the street and got another job cleaning and cooking for the McKnight family.
At her brother's request, she wrote to Henry William Keim during WWI. Her brother, Joe, died in France. Anna asked the mailman for a ride to Calhoun Co. She met Henry W. Keim's parents before she met him. They had 9 children with 6 living to adulthood. She lost three sons--the first one unnamed was stillborn after Anna had influenza (Spanish flu) and was buried under the oak tree at their first farm and Jimmy and Richard were buried at St. Mary's (Holy Family) in Hannibal, but do not have markers. Anna raised a big garden, sewed all of their clothes, milked cows, helped shuck corn, and did what had to be done. She made "sunkissed strawberry preserves" and seemed to make a meal like it was magic. Anna made the best cookies and always had a container to send home with her numerous grandchildren. She was proud of her weed free garden and you could often find her in it with her hoe. Anna and Henry W. Keim moved to Hull, IL from the farm in 1957. Henry W. passed away in his sleep from a heart attack on December 15, 1958. Anna and their daughter, Margaret, continued to live in Hull, IL until Anna's death on October 18, 1984 from heart failure during two days of surgery in an attempt to implant a pacemaker.
A Mass of Christian burial for Anna Marie Keim, 87, of Hull, IL, was held at 10:30 AM Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Rev. Edwin Schmidt officiated. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Keim died at 7:35 PM October 18, at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
She was born Jan. 16, 1897, in Effingham County, IL, to William and Teresa Waldhoff Goellner. She was married to Henry W. Keim Sept. 7, 1919 in Hannibal. He died Dec. 15, 1958.
Surviving are two sons, Harry Keim of Kane, IL and Allen Keim of Kinderhook, IL; three daughters, Miss Margaret Keim of Hull, Mrs. Lucille Edmiston of Kinderhook, IL and Mrs. Dorothy Gray of Roswell, NM.; three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Schwartz of Palmyra, Mrs. Elizabeth Keim of Hannibal and Mrs. Mayme Blair of Kewanee, IL, 16 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Hannibal Catholic Church and attended school in Effingham County, IL.
Visitation was at Clark Funeral Home and where the rosary was recited.
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Anthony Frederick "Anton" Goellner
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Catherine Mary "Katie" Goellner Schwartz
1900–1988
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1912–1974
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