Viola Marie Keller

Viola Marie Keller, age 94, of Braymer, MO, passed away on Thursday, April 18, at North Care Hospice in Kansas City. Viola was born on Dec. 8, 1924, the daughter of Lee Alfred Cockrell and Vella Virginia (Hawkins) Cockrell. She married J. R. Harless and later was married to Glen Keller.

Viola worked as the City Clerk Tax Collector in Braymer from 1962 to 1978. 

She is preceded in death by her first and second husbands; two sons; a sister; and four brothers.

She is survived by her daughter, Wilma Crawford and husband Newt of Kearney; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 23, at the Braymer Baptist Church in Braymer. A scheduled visitation will be held at the Braymer Baptist Church, Braymer, Missouri, on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Interment will be held at the Evergreen Cemetery in Braymer. Memorials may be made to the Braymer First Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Lindley Pitts Funeral Home in Braymer.

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