KEEL

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Independent Journal
Saturday, Sept. 5, 1959
page 8

Funeral Tuesday For Young Girl

A Requiem Mass will be offered for Virginia L. Keel, 11, at 10 a.m. Tueday at the Blessed Sacramento Church, Santa Venetia.

The cortege will form at Keaton's, Fifth and E streets, San Rafael, at 9:30 a.m. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Monday at Keaton's.

Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery in San Rafael.

Virginia, born in San Francisco, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Keel of 630 Vendola drive, Santa Venetia. She died in San Rafael yesterday after an illness of about a year, and had previously attended the John MacPhail School. Her father is with the Precision Chemical Co. in Richmond.

Survivors, in addition to the parents, include four sisters, Frances, Charlotte, Barbara and Pamela Keel.

Independent Journal
Monday, Sept. 7, 1959
page 2

KEEL - In San Rafael, Sept. 4, 1959, Virginia L. Keel, beloved daughter of Frank J. and Anne T. Keel, loving sister of Frances, Charlotte, Barbara and Pamela Keel; a native of San Francisco, aged 11 years.

Friends are invited to attend the funeral Tuesday, Sept. 8,1959, at 9:30 a.m. from Keaton's, Fifth and E streets, San Rafael, thence to The Blessed Sacrament Church, Santa Venetia where at 10 a.m. a Requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of her soul; interment, Mount Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael; recitation of the Rosary Monday at 8 p.m. at Keaton's.