OBIT: Mary (Lichty) KEIM, 1931, native of Somerset County, PA

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MARY KEIM

  Last Sunday morning Mrs. O. W. Petry got a very depressing surprise from Enid, 
Oklahoma.  It was a telegram announcing the death of her sister, Mrs. Albert G. 
Keim, who died there suddenly last Saturday morning, while visiting relatives 
and friends.  Mr. and Mrs. Keim had been residents of Oklahoma for quite a long 
time, but within the last few years went to Dyersburg, Tenn., to live with their 
son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Baird.
  It was only a few weeks ago that Mrs. Petry received a letter from Mrs. Keim, 
informing her that she had reached the good age of 80 years on Sept. 11th, was 
in the best of health, had scarcely any gray hair, and could scarcely realize 
that she was more than four score years old.  The telegram from Oklahoma 
announcing the death of Mrs. Keim in that state was a surprise to her only 
surviving sister in two respects.  First, because of Mrs. Keim's recent letter 
telling of her good health, and second, because Mrs. Petry did not know that so 
soon after receiving her elder sister's letter that Mrs. Keim had gone to 
Oklahoma, and up to Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Petry had not yet received a letter 
from any of Mrs. Keim's relatives or friends in Oklahoma, giving complete 
details of her death.
  When called on by The Republican's local reporter for particulars concerning 
Mrs. Keim's death, Mrs. Petry stated that her elder sister had evidently gone to 
Oklahoma to visit at the home of a daughter-in-law, whose husband lost his life 
about a year ago in an automobile wreck, and had likely been taken suddenly and 
fatally ill there.
  Mrs. Keim, whose maiden name was Mary Lichty, was the eldest daughter of the 
late Samuel J. and Catherine Miller Lichty.  She was born in Elk Lick Township 
and grew to womanhood in Salisbury, where her parents resided for many years.  
She became the wife of Albert G. Keim, youngest son of the late Judge Jonas 
Keim, and Sarah Livengood Keim, in 1872.  She and her husband resided in 
Salisbury for a few years following their marriage, then resided in Grantsville, 
Md., a short time, and also for a short time in Meyersdale, and soon thereafter 
emigrated to Nebraska, where they resided for a number of years, and still later 
to Missouri and Oklahoma.
  Mrs. Keim was a woman of much beauty and personal charm, and the possessor of 
a most kind, congenial and lovable disposition.  She lacked nothing in the way 
of poise, character and every other good womanly quality, and she was much 
beloved and admired by all who knew her.  Quite a number of Mrs. Keim's oldtime 
friends and acquaintances in Salisbury and vicinity are still living, and all 
who learn of her death will be greatly grieved.
  Mrs. Keim was the mother of seven children, five of whom preceded her to the 
spirit world.  She is survived by her husband and two daughters, namely, Mrs. 
Sarah Catherine Baird, of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Mrs. Stella Warn, of Reynolds, 
Neb.  She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. O. W. Petry, the youngest of the 
six children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Lichty, and now the only 
surviving member of that splendid family.
  The funeral of Mrs. Keim was held at Enid, Oklahoma, where she formerly 
resided, on Monday.

Meyersdale Republican, November 5, 1931