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Submitted: 7/8/15 • Approved: 7/8/15 • Last Updated: 3/26/18 • R81474-G81474-S3
31 Jan 1927 - 8 Feb 2011
Born in Elmer, Jackson County, Oklahoma
and died in Brawley, Imperial County, California
*Obituary
Published February 21, 2011
Imperial Valley Press
Faye Geneva Keeler Glenn, our Yellow Rose of Texas, was born somewhere in Elmer, OK on January 31, 1927 some say (no birth certificate has ever been found). She lived her early life in Vernon, TX with her daddy, mama, six brothers and five sisters, which she was the fourth child.
She married Lloyd Henry Glenn (deceased) and moved to Brawley, CA in 1949 where she lived until she passed away on February 8, 2011 after a life well lived. Her final hours were spent at her home surrounded by her loving four daughters.
The most important part of life for her was her girls, grandchildren and her babies, the great-grandchildren, and her family in Texas. There's nothing she wouldn't do for them. She also loved to garden, where she would water all her plants by hand, pulling the garden hose behind her. Taking trips to the surrounding desert brought her so much joy and you could see her picking up rocks to take back home. She loved collecting rocks no matter where she went. She loved her glass of cran-raspberry with a splash of wine, the smell of sweet perfume on her skin, eating sweet onions, laughter, playing dice, cards and dominoes, fishing, dressing up and especially her skinny jeans. In the last few years of her life, she was crazy about dancing and would break into song and start shuffling those feet…this from a woman that always said she didn't know how to dance. She never met a stranger, embracing everyone with her warm heart. She was loved by all who knew her.
Faye leaves her legacy behind, daughters Darlene, Myrtle (Peter), Donna (Ashley), Kathy (Reggie); 6 grandchildren, Matt (Lyz), Tony, Vanessa (Steve), Justin (Tiffany), Kate, Becca; 5 great-grandchildren Zoe, Zachary, Sebastian, Milo and Dario; step children Chloe and Gary. She is also survived by brothers Thurman Keeler, Bill Keeler, Garland "Skinny" Keeler, Paul Keeler, George Keeler; sisters Stella Burke, Elsie Rutledge, Ruby Gunning; many nieces, nephews and family members.
A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in her home at 1608 River Drive, Brawley, CA. In remembrance please make a donation to The Alzheimer's Association , plant a yellow rose, or bring a rock and place it in her cactus garden and raise a glass of wine. She would have loved that you all came to visit and shared your stories.
To honor her wishes, a road trip is planned in the Spring to take her ashes home to Vernon, TX, where she will be laid to rest at Wilbarger Memorial Park. She'll be waltzing across Texas with her eyes as bright as blue diamonds and her radiant smile.
Contributed on 7/8/15
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