Clarissa A. Keister

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Clarissa A. Keister (Ward)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: West Milford, Harrison County, West Virginia, United States
Death: October 14, 1959 (80)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States
Place of Burial: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Grafton Ward and Sarah Ellen Ward (Brooks)
Wife of John Claude Keister
Mother of William Eugene Keister, Sr and Claude Leon Keister, Sr
Sister of William Edgar Ward; Rev. Dr. Richard Brooks Ward, D.D., Ph.D., LL.D.; Rev Henson Lewis Ward; Solomon Judson Ward; Porter Warren Ward and 6 others

Managed by: Jim Wile
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About Clarissa A. Keister

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83668269

Parents: William Grafton & Sarah B. Ward

1920 Oklahoma City fed census: J Claude Keister 37 WV Clarina W Keister 40 WV Jeanee C Keister 9 WV William E (Eugene) Keister 8 OK Claude L (Leon) Keister 7 OK

Clarissa Ward Keister\

Obituary- The Oklahoman, Thursday, Oct 15, 1959: "Services for Mrs Clarissa W. Keister, widow of the late Oklahoma City building contractor, John C. Keister, will be at 10:30 am Friday in Rose Hill Abbey. Arrangements are being handled by Smith & Kernke Funeral Home. Mrs Keister died Wednesday morning in her home at 1122 NW 39.

Mrs Keister, a native of West Milford, WV, lived in Detroit before moving to Oklahoma City in 1907.

She is survived by two sons, William E., of the home; and Leon, 3825 Springlake Drive; a daughter, Mrs Tyron Smith, Carlsbad, NM; two brothers, Lucien Ward, Clarksburg, WV; and Dan Ward, West Milford, WV; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren."


Parents: William Grafton & Sarah B. Ward

1920 Oklahoma City fed census: J Claude Keister 37 WV Clarina W Keister 40 WV Jeanee C Keister 9 WV William E (Eugene) Keister 8 OK Claude L (Leon) Keister 7 OK

Wife of John Claude Keister (1882 - 1948)

Children: William Eugene Keister (1911 - 2009) Claude Leon Keister (1912 - 1982)

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Clarissa A. Keister's Timeline

1879
May 1879
West Milford, Harrison County, West Virginia, United States
1911
June 7, 1911
1912
December 29, 1912
1959
October 14, 1959
Age 80
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States
October 14, 1959
Age 80
Rose Hill Burial Park (Plot Abbey Mausoleum Hall E #43), Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States