Obit of Romeo, Patricia Keller - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: ROMEO, RHETT, FREW, ROWLAND, MARTIN, KELLER, CLARK, CHILDERS, 
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from 1-19-2003 Examiner Enterpris

Mrs. Patricia Keller Romeo

Mrs. Patricia Keller Romeo, 84 year old longtime resident of Bartlesville
and mother of Douglas W. Rhett died Thursday evening, January 16, 2003, at
the Avondale Assisted Living Cottages.

Mrs. Romeo was born on November 24, 1918 in Plainfield, New Jersey, the
daughter of Rufus Story and Margarita (Frew) Rowland. She is a retired
secretary from Phillips Petroleum Company. She was a member of St. Luke's
Episcopal Church, served on the Church's Altar Guild and other womens
organizations. She was a member of the Mayflower Society, and loved to
garden and work outdoors, especially in her son's pecan orchard and around
the church property.

She is survived by her son, Douglas W. Rhett and his wife Thom "Lien"
Rhett of Bartlesville; two granddaughters, Monica N. Rhett-Martin and Dr.
Carolyn N. Rhett; two great grandchildren, Logan Rhett Martin and Story
Brook Martin; and numerous nieces, nephews, step-children, and step-
grandchildren. Her three husbands, Douglas W. Rhett, Sr., Henry Keller,
and Fiore V. Romeo, her parents, a brother Rufus Story Rowland, two
sisters, Virginia Rowland Clark and Emily Rowland Childers preceded her in
death.

Funeral services for Mrs. Romeo will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday,
January 21, in the sanctuary of St. Luke's Episcopal Church with the Rev.
Dr. Lee Stephens officiating. Entombment will be at St. Luke's Episcopal
Church under the direction of the Neekamp Funeral Home.


Memorials have been established in Mrs. Romeo's name with the Oklahoma Chapter 
of the Nature Conservancy and the Oklahoma Association for the
Blind. Those wishing to remember her may do so in care of Oklahoma
Chapter, Nature Conservancy, 2727 East 21st Street, Suite 102, Tulsa, OK
74114 or The Oklahoma Association for the Blind, c/o Arvest Bank, ATTN:
Stacey Copeland, P. O. Box 999, Bartlesville, OK 74005.
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