Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Keene, Wendell O. 1984
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Independent Enterprise 8-1-1984
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Wednesday, August 1, 1984
 
Wendell O. Keene
 
Graveside services for Wendell O. Keene, 64, Payette, who died Monday, July 
30, 1984, in a Payette nursing home, will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at 
Riverside Cemetery, Payette, with Rev. Robert Hefty of the First United 
Methodist Church in Payette officiating, under direction of Shaffer-Jensen 
Chapel, Payette.
 
He was born Sept. 14, 1919, in Chariton, Iowa, son of Homer and Lea Keene.  He 
was raised and educated in Iowa.  He served in the Army Air Corps during World 
War II in the South Pacific and received three Bronze stars.  He was stationed 
in England while serving in the Korean Conflict.  He graduated from Eastern 
Washington State College at Cheney, Wash., then taught school in Lewiston, 
Idaho and Deer Park, Wash.  He was a newspaper reporter in Aberdeen, Wash.; 
Pittsburgh, Calif. and Klamath Falls, Ore.  He also served as deputy sheriff 
part of the time while at Klamath Falls.  He later moved to Payette.
 
Survivors include his brother, James Keene of Xenia, Ohio; a sister, Mary Lou 
Cronen of Rancho Cordova, Calif. and 13 nieces and nephews.  He was preceded 
in death by two brothers and his parents.
 
Friends may call Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m. at Shaffer Jensen Chapel in Payette.

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