Obituaries

Eleanor L. Keith, 92, Lifelong Resident of Crystal Lake

The visitation is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Route 176, Crystal Lake. The service will be at 1 p.m.

Eleanor L. Keith, 92, of Crystal Lake passed away Feb. 12, 2013, at Autumn Leaves of Crystal Lake.

She was born Sept. 14, 1920, in Algonquin to Elmer and Mae (Jandeska) Stanek. On Sept. 26, 1940, she married Kenneth Keith in Clinton, Iowa.

She was a lifelong resident of Crystal Lake. She enjoyed gardening and traveling. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Crystal Lake. She was a loving mother and grandmother and thoroughly enjoyed the time spent with her grandson.

She is survived by her sons, William Keith and Robert (Elizabeth) Keith; her grandson, Kenneth John Keith; her sister-in-law, Nelta Stanek; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; her parents; her infant grandson, John Robert Keith; her brothers, LeRoy (Louise) Stanek and Warren Stanek.

The visitation is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Route 176, Crystal Lake. The service will be at 1 p.m.

Interment will be in McHenry County Memorial Park, Woodstock.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association , 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601.

Online condolences may be made at www.querhammerandflagg.com. For information call the funeral home at 815-459-1760.


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