Mrs. Fay H. Keef, 84, 4306 Rose Lane, died at 2:45 a.m. June 8, 1987, at Crossroads Community Hospital.

Mrs. Keef owned and operated The Beauty Nook for 25 years. She was also a licensed practical nurse.

Mrs. Keef was born Jan. 31, 1903, in Illinois, a daughter of John E. and Clara (Dorris) Yearwood.

She married D. A. Borah. He preceded her in death in 1959.

She then married Henry Keef. He preceded her in death Dec. 1, 1969.

Private funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Johnston Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon and John Allen will officiate. Burial will follow in New Shiloh Cemetery.

Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Keef is survived by one son, Don Yearwood; four grandchildren; one brother Walter Yearwood of Mt. Vernon; and four sisters, Mary Harmon of Roxana, Mrs. Lester (Dorothy) Isaacs of Wood River, Edith Gilbert of Panama City, Fla., and Mrs. Dean (Betty) Newell of Mt. Vernon.

Mrs. Keef was a member of Park Avenue Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands and two brothers John and Charles "Bud" Yearwood.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: unknown
Submitted by: Mary Ellen Capps