Moses Parker McKeown: McKeown Genealogy

1854 - 1950 (95 years)

Generation: 1

Moses Parker McKeown 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.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, Cedar, Muscatine County, Iowa
Census: 1920, Cedar, Muscatine County, Iowa
Census: 1925, Muscatine County, Iowa
Census: 1930, Cedar, Muscatine County, Iowa

Notes:

McKeown Family Bible record: Births.
M. Parker Fri. Dec 1st 1854 9:30 AM.

Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, Muscatine, Iowa, 15 January 1931, page 4.
Many visit McKeowns on Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. McKeown of Letts, Ia., who celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Monday, informed The Journal today of their appreciation to all the friends who came or sent their cards. Gratitude is expressed for the flowers, songs and prayers, the apples, and the good wishes of over 100 visitors. Those who were kept away Monday by the weather are asked to come and visit when they can. Those who came from Letts are the following: Mr. and Mrs. Epperly and Dorothy Ruth; Henry Lamp; Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Uhr; Mrs. A. Thompson; Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas; Margaret McColm; William McColm; Mr. and Mrs. H. McCleary; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hendricks; Mrs. John Eliason; Lester Thomas and son and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Black; Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Williams; Clarence Sooter; Harold Sooter; the Rev. W. M. Sooter and wife; Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hunter; Clark Shellabarger; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Shellabarger; Mary Alice and Richard Shellabarger; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Manning; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Estle; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holmes; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cecil and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brookheart. Visitors from Muscatine were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smalley; Mrs. Anis Smalley; A. C. Epperly; Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Atlekruse; Mr. and Mrs. Millard Riggs; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Altekruse and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wood; Mrs. Minerva Cochran; James Hartman; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eichelberger; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Waltz. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Thomas of Washington, D.C.; Mr. and Mrs. James McKee, Mr. and Mrs. John Curtin; J. S. Bowlby; F. Coffin, all of Conesville; Mr. and Mrs. Chester McKeown, Lucille and Evelyn, Mrs. E. Bruster, all of Mediapolis; Stanley McKeown of Wapello; Mr. and Mrs. Hensley, Morning Sun; C. T. Reddick, Parker, Kas.; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Estel of Conesville; the Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Decker of Cranston; Richard Lord of Nichols. regret cards were received from Mrs. Alice C. Templeton; Eugene and Emma Reed, Mediapolis; J. Shellabarger Turkington, Letts; Matilda Letts, Letts; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Orris and children; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jones; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley George, Muscatine; Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Fowler and daughters; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smalley, Muscatine; Mrs. D. Legler, Muscatine, Howard and Ina Meeker, Cedar Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Ingraham, Astoria, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Corter, Muscatine; Carl and Alma Fladt, Mediapolis; Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bruck, Columbus Junction; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Emmick, Fairfield; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Conkling, Muscatine.

History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 701

M. PARKER McKEOWN. M. Parker McKeown, a well known farmer of Cedar township, where he has made his home for more than twenty years, was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, December 1, 1852.

He is a son of John and Annie (PARKER) McKeown, who came with their parents from Ireland to America in their childhood, living first in Ohio and later in Iowa. They were married in Des Moines county and there continued until their deaths. The father at one time was the owner of one hundred and eighty acres of land, all of which he divided among his children except forty acres that he owned at the time of his death. He was a man of many fine qualities and a great lover of his family. Of the eleven children comprising the home circle two died in infancy, the others being : Sarah, now of Mediapolis, Iowa ; James, who lives near Morning Sun, Iowa ; Mary, now deceased ; M. Parker, our subject ; John, who lives near Prairie City, Oklahoma ; Samantha, of Mediapolis ; Emma, of Burlington, Iowa ; Ira, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin ; and Albert, of St. Joseph, Missouri.

Reared on the home farm, M. Parker McKeown early became familiar with the labors of the field. He was educated in the country schools, gaining the foundation upon which he has been enabled to build successfully until he is now a man of good general information. He continued at home until twenty-one years of age and then worked for wages for a short time, after which he came to Conesville, Muscatine county, and purchased one hundred and eighty acres of land. There he lived until 1888, when he sold out and removed to Cedar township, acquiring fifty-seven acres, the nucleus of the well improved farm of two hundred and seventeen acres which he now owns. He is also the owner of property on East Hill, Muscatine, and his wife owns one hundred and sixty acres of good farming land in Orono township. By close attention to his business Mr. McKeown has attained a gratifying measure of success.

On the 12th of January, 1881, Mr. McKeown was united in marriage to Miss RHODA E. LORD, who was born in Muscatine county, May 7, 1851. She is a daughter of Richard and JANE SMALLEY Lord, the mother having been born in Ohio, October 27, 1822, and the father in Connecticut, January 10, 1809.
They were married in Iowa in 1840 and settled on a farm in Muscatine county, where Mr. Lord made his home for about forty years. He was called from earthly scenes in 1886, while his wife died in 1857. Of the nine children in their family, three are now living : Katie, of Conesville ; Rhoda E., now Mrs. McKeown ; and Richard J., of Nichols, Iowa . Those deceased are: Andrew, Albert, Edward, Byron, Manza, and Herman.

Two children came to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. McKeown :
ADA R., born October 14, 1883 ; and
ALBERT G., April 8, 1886.

Politically Mr. McKeown adheres to the republican party and heartily supports its principles. He has served with general acceptance as justice of the peace. He and his wife are affiliated with the United brethren church, being active workers in its behalf and also in worthy causes for the welfare of others. Mrs. McKeown is a graduate of the Muscatine high school and for nine years before her marriage taught school, becoming recognized as one of the thoroughly capable teachers of the county. She is a woman of many attractive qualities of mind and heart.

Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, Iowa, 27 May 1950, page 5. PARKER McKEOWN. Mediapolis - Parker McKeown, a former resident of the Mediapolis community, died on a farm near Letts. McKeown was 95 years old last Dec. 1. Surviving are a son, Albert McKeown, of the Letts vicinity; a brother, Albert McKeown, St. Joseph Mo., and a sister, Mrs. M. E. Brewster, Mediapolis.

Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, Iowa, 7 June 1950, page 17. McKEOWN - Mediapolis - The ashes of M. Parker McKeown, who died in Iowa City several days ago, were brought to the Sharon cemetery for burial.

Census info.
1900 US census, Cedar, Muscatine County, Iowa. Parker McKeown, age 42; Emma, age 44; Albert, age 14; and Ady, age 16.

1920 US census, Cedar, Muscatine County, Iowa. Parker McKeown, age 66; and Rhoda, age 68.

1925 Iowa state census, Muscatine County, Iowa. Parker M. McKeown, age 70; and Rhoda, age 73.

1930 US census, Cedar, Muscatine County, Iowa. M. Parker McKeown, age 76; and Rhoda E., age 78.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126437201/moses-parker-mckeown

Moses married Rhoda Emiline Lord on 12 Jan 1881 in Muscatine County, Iowa. Rhoda 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. 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.
3. Albert Gay McKeown was born on 8 Apr 1886 in Conesville, Muscatine County, Iowa; died on 19 Dec 1965 in Los Angeles County, California.

Generation: 2

Ady Royal McKeown

(1.Moses¹) 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.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, Johnson County, Iowa
Census: 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington
Census: 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington
Census: 1940, Orona, Muscatine County, Iowa

Notes:

Text from Ancestry member Mark Shaw's page.
CONESVILLE MAYOR HELD FOR MURDER Accused of Shooting Dr. A. R. McKeown MUSCATINE, George Brown, 78, Conesville mayor, was charged with first degree murder Tuesday afternoon in the death of Dr. A. R. McKeown, 63, farm operator near Conesville. Deputy Sheriff L. G. Pace said McKeown told him in a statement before the retired physician was taken to a hospital that Brown had shot him. The information charging the mayor with murder was signed by Deputy Sheriff L. G. Pace. Brought before Justice of the Peace L. A. Crull, Brown waived preliminary hearing and was committed to the county jail without bond. A short time earlier Sheriff Fred B. Nesper said he and an agent of the Iowa bureau of in investigation were questioning Brown in connection with the death of the one-time Seattle Wash., physician whose brother served a term in the penitentiary for killing their mother.

Wounds Prove Fatal. Dr. McKeown died Tuesday morning in an Iowa City hospital of gunshot wounds in the back. The sheriff said the mayor admitted seeing the farm operator Monday, but denied any part in the incident. Following the death, State Agent Dwight Bender came here to assist in the investigation which the sheriff said was intensified immediately. Dr. McKeown was shot in the back Monday, apparently by a shotgun, as he was rounding up cattle on his farm, about 18 miles west of Muscatine. The horse he was riding brought him to his home. Mrs. Stuart Conklin, a neighbor, noticed the horse and rider and called other neighbors who notified the sheriff's office. The doctor was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, after giving Deputy Sheriff Pace a statement. Sheriff Nesper said Brown owns a farm near the McKeown place.

Leaves Practice For Farm. Dr. McKeown attended the University of Iowa medical college three years and finished his studies in Denver in 1910, members of the family said. He served as a major in the medical corps in World War I. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Priscilla of Mt Pleasant; his father, M. P. McKeown of Conesville, and a brother, Albert, of Muscatine County. A son, Lovelll, was killed in World War II. His wife and mother are dead. The- doctor's mother, Mrs. Rhoda Emma McKeown, then 82, was killed at Seattle in March, 1932, while on a visit at the home of another son, Dr. Albert G. McKeown, then 45, and a Seattle dentist. Her body was found in the basement of Albert's home. The dentist was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 12 to 25 years in prison. On the completion of his term he returned to Muscatine County, where his physician-brother already was residing. Since then both professional men have operated farms near each other in the Conesville vicinity. Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil - Wednesday, October 30, 1946

Muscatine Evening Journal, 15 October 1905. Page 4.. Shot in the leg. Ady McKeown shot by ruffian at St. Louis Fair gate. Refused to let the man in. Ady McKeown roomed at Y.M.C.A. building and taught school south of this city last winter - shot at midnight -he will recover. Ady McKeown, who roomed at the Y.M.C.A. building and taught school south of this city last winter, was shot in the left leg between the knee and hip Monday near midnight at the St. Louis world's fair ticket gate. Mr. McKeown was ticket man and refused to let two men in on one pass. This made one of the ruffians so furious that after a wrangle he shot Mr. McKeown. The couple immediately fled after the shooting. Mr. McKeown was taken to the Emergency hospital within the fair grounds and later by his request to the Sanitarium in St. Louis where the bullet was extracted. Mrs. S. A. McKeown, his aunt, who is a trained nurse in Burlington, (Ia.) was telegraphed and arrived at his bedside as soon as a St. Louis bound train could take her there. News of the shooting was received Thursday by the wounded man's brother, Albert McKeown, who rooms at the Y.M.C.A. building and is employed by the Batterson Stores. His brother Albert says from the latest reports that he has received his condition was somewhat better and probably would recover. The two ruffians are not know or as yet report to have been caught.

Muscatine Evening Journal, 28 October 1904. Page 2. Shot by soldiers. Former Muscatine boy victim of artillerymen's prank. Artillerymen were responsible for the shooting of Ady McKeown, a former Muscatine boy in St. Louis October 10, according to a letter received this morning. The account of the shooting was given in the Journal recently in which it was stated that Mr. McKeown was shot by robbers. Later advices indicate that abusive artillerymen who were determined to enter the world's fair grounds, where Mr. McKeown was a gate keeper, were responsible for his injury. The victim is recovering nicely.

Census info.
1910 US census, Iowa Ward 2, Johnson County, Iowa. Ady R. McKeown, age 26; Lena, age 23; and Lovell, age 4 months.

1920 US census, Seattle, King County, Washington. Ady R. McKeown, age 36; Lena P., age 34; Levell P. age 10; and Pricella J., age 4 years, 9 months.

1930 US census, Seattle, King County, Washington. A. Royal McKeown, age 44; Laura, age 40; Lovell, age 20; and Prescilla, age 15.

1940 US census, Orona, Muscatine County, Iowa. A. R. McKeown, age 57, single; and Priscilla McKeown, age 20, daughter.

Dr. and Mrs. Ady McKeown of Seattle, Wash., arrived Tuesday for a month's visit with relative in the Mediapolis, Sharon and Morning Sun vicinities. Their daughter Miss Priscilla McKeown who has been spending a few weeks with her aunt, Miss S.A. McKeown in Mediapolis plans to return home with them.

Burlington Hawk Eye Gazette, Friday, 9 Oct 1931

The Muscatine grand jury came through with a surprise for many when it voted a “no bill” in the alleged murder of Dr. Ady R. McKeown, Conesville farm operator, for which George Brown, 77, former Conesville mayor, had been held.
The Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa. Monday, 30 December 1946.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185032356/ady-royal-mckeown

ashes cast from McKeown Bridge on Cedar River

Ady married Lena Pearl Haney in Washington, Washington County, Iowa. Lena (daughter of David Nathaniel Haney and Martha Jane Bosley) was born on 2 Jun 1886 in Missouri; died on 11 Mar 1927 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was cremated in location of ashes unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

4. Lovell Parker McKeown was born on 3 Dec 1909 in Iowa; died on 29 May 1943 in Attu Island, Alaska; was buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California.
5. Pricilla McKeown was born on 18 Mar 1915 in Chelan County, Washington; died on 18 Jun 2000 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; was cremated in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.

Albert Gay McKeown

(1.Moses¹) was born on 8 Apr 1886 in Conesville, Muscatine County, Iowa; died on 19 Dec 1965 in Los Angeles County, California.

Other Events:

Occupation: dentist
Census: 1920, Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington
Census: 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington

Notes:

From The Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, 4 March 1932. Page 1.
Dentist confesses killing of aged mother.
Argument over money leads to brutal murder.
Reputed confession of son withheld while probe continues. By the Associated Press. Seattle, Wash. March 3.
Police announced late today that Dr. Albert G. McKeown had confessed he killed his 81-year-old mother, Mrs. Rhoda McKeown of Muscatine, Ia., with bare hands in a dispute over money.
Dentist Admits Crime.
After two days of questioning, following discovery of the body of Mrs. McKeown in the basement of his home, the doctor broke down this morning, police said. He had been confronted with extensive evidence. “I killed her,” Sheriff Claude G. Bannick quoted him as saying after he had become quieted. Word of the reputed confession of the dentist was withheld by the prosecutor’s office while details of the case were investigated.
Detective Found Will.
Detectives said they had found a will Mrs. McKeown had made three days before her death. In it, they added, she had revoked a previous will which left the bulk of her estate to Dr. McKeown and provided that he share it equally with an old brother, Dr. A. Royal McKeown, also of Seattle.
They added they learned the elderly woman had drafted new notes to make a $10,700 loan to Dr. Albert McKeown payable to her estate, instead of being cancelled, if she died. The new notes were unsigned.
After McKeown’s confession, Sheriff Bannick said he was allowed to go to bed and was wakened late today.The confession was not announced earlier, the sheriff added, to permit more evidence to be assembled.
McKeown Makes Confession
Sheriff Bannick said Dr. McKeown “went to pieces, blew up and confessed.” In addition to the matters of the new will and the notes on his mother’s loan, cuts and abrasions on his left hand were evidence the officers queried him about, they said. The doctor had contended they were not cuts
(continued on page twelve)
but merely burns accidently received from a flat iron.
During the early investigation of the death, the doctor’s wife was questioned and released after spending a night in jail and the elder brother, Dr. A. Royal McKeown, also was brought into the case.
Affairs Readied Crisis
He had told Deputy Prosecutor Lenhan, the prosecutor said, of his irritation over the over the way in which his younger brother had obtained money from his mother and had said that affairs had reached a crisis between them on the day of her death. A portion of a blood-soaked piece of canvas and a piece of charred note was taken from the furnace of the dentist’s home after the mother was found dead. After explaining he had found her body in the basement, the dentist said he had covered her with the canvas and then threw it into the furnace, and substituted a blanket. His story to authorities was that he believed a marauder had slain her in the basement seeking $5,000 in bonds which he said she was accustomed to carry in her clothing.
Mrs. McKeown came west last December with her younger son from her home in Iowa.
Note: This front page story shared the page with news of the kidnapping of the Lindberg baby.

From Burlington Hawk Eve, Burlington, Iowa, 28 April 1932. Page 1.
Jury excused as state argues with defense over testimony about victim.
By the Associated Press.
Seattle, Wash. April 27.
The jury in the Dr. Albert G. McKeown murder trial was excused today when the state began a fight against defense efforts to show his mother, Mrs. Rhoda McKeown, 81, was mentally unbalanced. McKeown is charged with second degree murder as a result of a fatal beating given her in the cellar of his home here March 1.
Mrs. Martin Jacobson, a neighbor of the McKeowns, was testifying regarding the dead woman’s talk and actions when Prosecutor Robert M. Berrander interrupted with the statement “The first thing we know the defense will be striving to show the old lady deserved to die.”
“That is not true,” retorted Defense Attorney Henry Clay Agnew. Mrs. Jacobson quoted Mrs. McKeown as saying her sons were going to take her into a dark place to murder her. It developed, the witness said, they were taking their mother into a motion picture theater.
The jury was locked up when both sides began an argument on the admissibility of the testimony. The defense effort for force admission of the state’s copy of the dentist’s confession to the beating failed when the court ruled the state need not produce it.

From the Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, 3 May 1932. Page 1.
Dentist Takes Witness Stand.
Prosecution Confronts Defendant With Sheaf of Letters Written to Mother.
By The Associated Press, Seattle, Wash, May 2.
After being subjected to cross-examination throughout the day, Dr. Albert G. McKeown, Seattle dentist charged with second degree murder for the slaying of his mother, Mrs. Rhoda McKeown of Muscatine, Ia., late today was confronted with a sheaf of letters, he had written to his mother.
Altho the dentist had testified his mother begged him to bring her to Seattle so his brother, Dr. A. Royal McKeown, Seattle physician, could not have her committed to an insane asylum, he admitted authorship of letters, begging the woman to come here.
The dentist when questioned as to why he had attempted to implicate his brother in the killing said the brother “tried to implicate my dear wife.”
Dr. McKeown explained that when he sent for his physician brother after the tragedy he had expected solace and consolation.
Prosecutor Robert M. Burgunder replied with a letter which the dentist admitted writing to his mother in which he referred to the physician as a “thief, a murderer, and libertine.”

From the Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, 14 May 1932. Page 1.
Two Matricides To Be Sentence Today.
By the Associated Press, Seattle, Wash. May 3.
Two matricides who slew their mothers here on the same night last March will be sentence tomorrow in superior court.
They are Dr. Albert McKeown, convicted of second degree murder for beating to death his mother, Mrs. Rhoda McKeown of Muscatine, Ia., after quarreling over money, and Leslie Barrett, who shot his mother at a drinking party and convicted to manslaughter.

Albert G. McKeown
Funeral services for Albert G. McKeown were held today in Santa Monica, California. Mr. McKeown died last Sunday while vacationing in California. He was a former resident of Muscatine County and was the last member of the family for which the McKeown bridge on County road C was named. His occupation was forming from which he retired.
His parents were Parker and Emma Lord McKeown.
Survivors include three children: Forest of Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, Gayle of Kirkland, Washington and Adele Gupsill [Guptill] of Los Angeles. Relatives in this area include cousins, Herman and Andrew Lord and Mrs. Jesse Korte of Muscatine, and Richard Lord of Nichols. Burial took place in California.

The Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa. Thursday, 23 December 1965

Albert married Anna Marie Grue on 8 May 1912 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. Anna (daughter of Christian Grue and Carrie Bilden) was born on 10 Sep 1889 in Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota; died on 7 May 1975 in Redmond, King County, Washington; was buried in Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

6. Forrest Grue McKeown was born on 13 Jul 1913 in Chelan County, Washington; died on 27 May 2009 in Novato, Marin County, California.
7. Gayle L. McKeown was born on 26 Dec 1915 in Chelan, Chelan County, Washington; died on 15 Jan 1992 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue, King County, Washington.
8. Adele M. McKeown was born on 21 Apr 1920 in Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington; died on 16 Jul 2012 in Bothell, King County, Washington.

Generation: 3

Lovell Parker McKeown

(2.Ady², 1.Moses¹) was born on 3 Dec 1909 in Iowa; died on 29 May 1943 in Attu Island, Alaska; was buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California.

Other Events:

_MILT: World War II. US Army. 17th Inf Reg. 7th Inf Div. Sergeant.

Notes:

Note from his father, Ady McKeown's obituary. Lovell was killed in Aleutian Islands at Atter while serving with the U.S. Army.

Purple Heart Medal Awarded To Sgt. Sgt.
Lovell Parker McKeown, grandson of M. P. McKeown and son of A. H. McKeown of Letts, route 1, has been awarded the Purple Heart medal posthumously, according to word received by the father.
Sgt. McKeown was killed in action in the North American area on May 29, 1943, according to word received by the relatives
on June 17 of this year.
A letter received Friday by the McKeowns from Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war, "follows:
"At the request of the president,
I write to inform you that the Purple. Heart has been awarded posthumously to your son, Sgt. Lovell P. McKeown, infantry, who sacrificed his life in defense of his country.
"Little that we can do or say will console, you for the death of your loved one. We profoundly appreciate the greatness of your loss, for in a very real sense the loss suffered by any of us in this battle for our country is a loss shared by all of us.
"When the medal, which you will shortly receive, reaches vou. I want you. to know that with it goes my sincerest sympathy and the hope that time and the victory of our cause will finally lighten the burden of your grief."
The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, Muscatine, Iowa. Saturday, 10 July 1943.

Sgt. Lovell Parker McKeown, grandson of M. P. McKeown of Mediapolis, killed in action May 29, 1943, on Attu in the Aleutians. Body returned for burial in September of this year.
The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, Muscatine, Iowa. 30 December 1943.

Sgt. McKeown is fatally injured in Army service.
Sgt. Lovell Parker McKeown, grandson of M. P. McKeown of near Letts, was killed in action in the North American area on May 29, according to information received by Mr. McKeown from the war department. Sgt. McKeown was a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. McKeown of Seattle. He had visited his grandfather at different times and was known in this locality. Sgt. McKeown was serving with the infantry. No details of the action in which he met death were revealed.

The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, Muscatine, Iowa. 17 June 1943, page 2.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3428311/lovell-parker-mckeown

Section B, Site 683

Pricilla McKeown

(2.Ady², 1.Moses¹) was born on 18 Mar 1915 in Chelan County, Washington; died on 18 Jun 2000 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; was cremated in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.

Notes:

Party of people motor here to dine
Mr. and Mrs. W. Bennett of Omaha, Neb., Miss Priscilla McKeown of Seattle, Wash, Mrs. S.A. McKeown of Mediapolis and Mrs. M.S. Hutchins of Morning Sun, motored as a party, from Mediapolis here, to dine at the U.W.C.A. on Wednesday. Mrs. McKeown recently returned from a six months' visit in California.

The Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa. Friady, 12 June 1931

Miss S.A. McKeown of Mediapolis; Miss Priscilla McKeown of Seattle, Washington, spent several days at the Wm. Orndorff home.

The Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa. Saturday, 6 June 1931

Pricilla McKeown
Pricilla, 85, died June 18, 2000, at a local care center.
Pricilla was born March 18, 1915, in Washington.
Visitation will be private. A graveside memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Cremation gardens, Evergreen Cemetery, 1005 N. Hancock Ave. Cremation is planned. Blunt Mortuary, 2229 W. Colorado Ave., 634-8311, in handling arrangements.

Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 21 June 2000, Metro Section, page 1.
https://more.ppld.org/SpecialCollections/Index/ArticleOrders/31235.pdf
http:/daily.gazette.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Sytle=OliveXLI

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34993696/pricilla-mckeown

Block 00032 - Burial 000006
Note: her name is on a list of several on large marker for cremations.

Forrest Grue McKeown

(3.Albert², 1.Moses¹) was born on 13 Jul 1913 in Chelan County, Washington; died on 27 May 2009 in Novato, Marin County, California.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, Seattle, King County, Washington

Forrest married Betty Lee Benz on 2 May 1942 in King County, Washington. Betty was born on 12 Jun 1919 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 12 Jan 2000 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gayle L. McKeown

(3.Albert², 1.Moses¹) was born on 26 Dec 1915 in Chelan, Chelan County, Washington; died on 15 Jan 1992 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue, King County, Washington.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38572445/gayle_mac_-l-mckeown

Gayle married Dorothy May Langdon on 17 Aug 1946 in King County, Washington. Dorothy was born on 20 Feb 1916 in Chelan County, Washington; died on 24 Jul 1986 in Kirkland, King County Washington; was buried in Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adele M. McKeown

(3.Albert², 1.Moses¹) was born on 21 Apr 1920 in Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington; died on 16 Jul 2012 in Bothell, King County, Washington.

Notes:

Adele and Heath Guptill
IN THE CARE OF

Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Cemetery

Adele M. Guptill was born in Leavenworth, Washington on April 21, 1920 to Albert and Anna (Grue) McKeown. She was the youngest of 3 siblings, the oldest being brother Forrest followed by second brother Gayle (Mac). When she was about 4 years old, the family moved to Bellingham where Albert ran Grue's Groceries by the waterfront. They later moved to Seattle.
Heath Reese Guptill was born in Seattle, Washington on June 1, 1917 to Forest Putnam Guptill and Lenore (Reese) Guptill. His sister Eugenia (Gene) was born about 10 years later.
Heath discovered from his grandfather, Nathaniel Heath Guptill (1855-1940), who married Carrie Orilla Putnam, that he is an ancestor to General Israel Putnam of Revolutionary War fame of the Battle of Bunker Hill ("don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes").
Heath and Adele attended Roosevelt High School in Seattle where they met while working on the "Stage Force" crew building sets for the theatre department. They also enjoyed singing in the choir. Adele and Heath also attended the University of Washington where Heath got a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1939. He also entered a Masters program before the start of WWII. Heath and Adele married on October 20, 1942 and lived briefly in Schenectady, New York where Heath had a job at GE, as well as the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC (working on the then secret radar project). They later moved back to the West coast where they had 2 sons. Summer vacations were often spent camping or visiting family in the Seattle area. In L.A. Heath worked at Hughes Aircraft until his retirement in 1973. Wanting to move back to the Northwest after raising their family in the LA area, they built their new home in Bothell, Washington in 1974 where they lived until March, 2008.
After retirement, Heath and Adele enjoyed a busy life and traveled to Norway, England, Ireland, Hawaii and cruised the Inland Passage to Alaska. Adele enjoyed bicycling and they were both long-time members of the Bothell Senior Center "Gourmet Bicycle" riding group. Adele would ride all over the King county area and after the rides, the group would meet for a hearty lunch. Heath would act as their "sag wagon", assist with repairs and "sweep" the course for people needing a ride back to the starting point. Heath also joined the Seattle Sail and Power Squadron to further safety education in small boat seamanship and navigation. They enjoyed a wonderful sail into Princess Louisa Inlet - a place he remembered going to when he was a Boy Scout. They both had a zest for life and enjoyed sailing and being out on the water in the Sound, as well as attending various plays, Civic Light Opera, and World Cavalcade travel presentations with friends.
They have 6 grandchildren, and 8 great grandchildren. They used to rotate and "trade off" hosting Christmas gatherings either at their home in Bothell or at their son's homes in the LA area or in Oregon. Their out of state families would also come visit and enjoy the liberal policy on fireworks at the Fourth of July in Bothell.
Heath was a voracious reader and loved science fiction. He also enjoyed tinkering with electronic or wood projects in his garage workshop. He created various functional works of art and enjoyed being a "handyman" around the house. Adele worked briefly as an administrative assistant at UCLA and taught Sunday school. She was the consummate home-maker and hostess and tried numerous new healthful recipes on the family; many successful ones have been handed down to their children. Adele had a gigantic vegetable garden, growing fruits and vegetables for their table. She was also an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed sewing and knitting, creating numerous functional outfits and pieces for her family.
They were still very much in love and devoted to each another after almost 69 years of marriage! At one point before giving up driving, Heath drove into Bothell to get a Mother's Day card for his bride - one of his last independent "errands".
In the last several years, Heath's health declined as a result of dementia and a stroke, but Adele was his constant companion and caretaker to the end - Heath called her "his angel". Heath passed away July 18, 2011 in Bothell. He was much loved by his family and friends who will miss his lively conversations and good company with him. In all, he was a compassionate, intelligent and ethical person throughout his life.
Adele always had a sparkle in her eyes and was loved and admired by her family as well as friends at her assisted living facility. Her family wondered where she got her strength and determination, but she passed away July 16, 2012 in Bothell, WA after battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She was compassionate, loving, determined and righteous throughout her life. Their family and friends will miss them both very much.
May they rest in peace at Evergreen Washelli in Seattle, together again.

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Adele married Heath Reese Guptill on 20 Oct 1942 in King County, Washington. Heath was born on 1 Jun 1917 in Seattle, King County, Washington; died on 18 Jul 2011 in Bothell, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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