KEES Obituaries, Washington Co, MD File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Holli Boone Kees <HKees@aol.com> ======================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ========================================================================= Daily Mail, Hagerstown, MD. Monday 20 Nov. 1978 Obitutary: Allen Camel Kees Williamsport MD. Allen Camel Kees, 85, Rt. 3, died Sunday at the Veterans Adminstration Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Born in Shangi Hi, West Virginia, he was the son of the late James H. Kees and Sarah Ann Kendrick Kees. He was married to the late Mary O. Kees. He was a member of the Pinesburg Mennonite Church, a veteran of WWI and a member of Reno Barracks No.152 of the Veterans of WWI and Morris Frock Post No.42 American Legion. He is survived by one daughter, Miss Elizabeth O. Kees of Hagerstown, two sons, Alvin L. Kees of Williamsport and Thorl L. Kees of Halfway: 10 Grandchildren and 8 Great Grandchildren. Services will be held Tuesday at 2pm at the Pinesburg Mennonite Church, the Rev. Merle Petre will officiate. Burial will be at St. Paul's Cemetery in Clear Springs. The Family will receive friends at the Osborne Funeral Home in Williamsport this evening from 7 to 9. Memorials may be made to the Pinesburg Mennonite Church. ******************************************************************************** The Morning Herald: Mary Potts Kees obit: Monday Oct. 11, 1976 Mrs. Mary O. Kees Big Springs, MD. Mary Orinda Kees 75, Rt. 1, died Saturday at her home. Born in Pineburg, she was the daughter of the late George Blucker Potts and Elizabeth Reigal Harsh Potts. She was a member of the Christ Luthern Church in Hagerstown, the Quarter Century Club of the Hagerstown Shoe Company where she had been employed, the Reno Barracks of the WWI American Legion Auxiliary and the Purple Heart Club Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband, Allen Kees, one daughter, Miss Elizabeth Kees of Hagerstown, two sons, Alvin Kees of Williamsport and Thorl Kees of Halfway. 11 Grandchildren and six Great Grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday at 2pm. at the Osborne Funeral Home in Williamsport. The Rev. Thomas Lee Perry will officiate. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery on the Western Pines. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 7 to 8. ******************************************************************************* Hargerstown Herald: Mary Potts Kees obit: Survived by three sons; Alvin Kees (aka..Ike), Thorl Kees (aka..Bo Peep), Clarence Edward Kees and one daughter, Elizabeth Kees. The Morning Herald: Mary Potts Kees obit: Monday Oct. 11, 1976 Mrs. Mary O. Kees Big Springs, MD. Mary Orinda Kees 75, Rt. 1, died Saturday at her home. Born in Pineburg, she was the daughter of the late George Blucker Potts and Elizabeth Reigal Harsh Potts. She was a member of the Christ Luthern Church in Hagerstown, the Quarter Century Club of the Hagerstown Shoe Company where she had been employed, the Reno Barracks of the WWI American Legion Auxiliary and the Purple Heart Club Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband, Allen Kees, one daughter, Miss Elizabeth Kees of Hagerstown, two sons, Alvin Kees of Williamsport and Thorl Kees of Halfway. 11 Grandchildren and six Great Grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday at 2pm. at the Osborne Funeral Home in Williamsport. The Rev. Thomas Lee Perry will officiate. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery on the Western Pines. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 7 to 8. ******************************************************************************** From the Hagerstown Herald: Obitutary Sarah Ann Kees, Pinesburg, died at her home on Friday night of complications, age 62 years. She is survived by two son's, William Kees, Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Allen Kees, Pinesburg; three daughters, Mrs Frank McCleary, this city, Mrs Henry Cameron, Williamsport, Mrs. Elmer Grove, Pittsburg PA., one brother Robert Kendrick and one sister Mrs. Rafe Fry, both of Martinsburg and eighteen grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held from the Methodist Episcopal Church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Wheeler officiating. Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery. The body can be viewed tomorrow and Monday at the funeral home of Abert Leaf, Williamsport.