Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....KEENE, JOSEPH WALTER October 7, 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Thomas Ladner tomdladner@yahoo.com April 22, 2008, 2:55 pm Gladwin County Record dated 10-12/1983 Column - 4 Page - 2 Joseph W. Keene, 72, of 5129 Pleasant Dr., Beaverton died Friday, Oct. 7, in the Midland Hospital Center after a long illness. Born in Dansville on January 31, 1911, he came to Gladwin County in 1960 from Dansville. He was an electrician and developed Keene's Pleasure Island in Billings Township. Mr. Keene was a member of the Phoenix Masonic Lodge in Ypsilanti. He was married to the former Shirley Wilson on November 26, 1936 in Dansville. Besides his wife, he is survived by 2 sons, Jerry of Ypsilanti and Joseph II of LeMesa, Calif.; 3 daughters, Mrs. John (Joan) Lapp of Edenville, Mrs. Charles (Jean) Gronda of Cheboygan and Mrs. Enrique (Judy) Martinez of Benson, Ariz.; 2 sisters, Ernestine Keene of Ypsilanti and Mrs. Frances Sherman of Spring Arbor; 11 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. from the Hall Funeral Home, Beaverton Chapel. The Rev. William Cozadd officiated and burial was in the Dale Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/gladwin/obits/k/keene3469gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb