Emma Louise (Brown) Keesler

Emma Louise Keesler, 83, of Bonner Springs, KS passed away, Saturday, August 24, 2013.

She was born on May 8, 1930 to Ovid Creele and Pauline Marie (Hawkins) Brown in Gower, MO.  She grew up and attended school in Gower.  She was a lifelong resident of the Kansas City area.

Emma was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter, Nancy Putnam, five brothers, Harold, William, Robert, Jack, and Bud Brown.

Emma is survived by her children, Linda Lacey and husband Larry, Oranogo, MO, Patty Hancock and husband Lee, Manson, IA, and Teresa Tague and husband James, Leavenworth, KS; eleven grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; sister Virginia Welsh.

Graveside Service:  2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 31^st at Allen Cemetery.

Arrangements, Hixson-Klein Funeral Home, Gower.