Rhoda Emiline Lord
1866 - 1932 (66 years)
Generation: 1
1. Rhoda Emiline Lord was born in Mar 1866 in Iowa; died on 1 Mar 1932 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
Seattle, Wash, March 2. – While police held her son, Dr. Albert G. McKeown, an unqualified declaration that Mrs. Rhoda McKeown, 81-year-old wife of a wealthy Iowa Farmer, had been murdered was made by Chief Deputy Prosecutor Emmett G. Lenihan today.
The woman’s body was found in the basement of the home of Dr. McKeown yesterday morning. She had been beaten to death, the prosecutor said.
Both Dr. Albert McKeown, a prominent university district dentist, and his wife were jailed last night on open charges but Mrs. McKeown was released late today.
Lenihan said Dr. McKeown told him he owed his mother $10,000 on several notes. The obligation was cancelled by her death although a new settlement was to have been made yesterday at her request, Lenihan said Dr. McKeown told him.
By the Associated Press
The Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa. Thursday, 3 march 1932
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126437315/rhonda-emiline-mckeownRhoda married Moses Parker McKeown on 12 Jan 1881 in Muscatine County, Iowa. Moses (son of John Glasgow McKeown and Annie Parker) was born on 1 Dec 1854 in Iowa; died on 25 May 1950 in Letts, Louisa County, Iowa; was cremated in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Ady Royal McKeown was born on 14 Oct 1883 in Muscatine County, Iowa; died on 29 Oct 1946 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa; was cremated in McKeown Bridge, Cedar River, Muscatine County, Iowa.
- Albert Gay McKeown was born on 8 Apr 1886 in Conesville, Muscatine County, Iowa; died on 19 Dec 1965 in Los Angeles County, California.