Bena Martin Keener

1876 - 1962  (85 years)

• Name	Bena Martin Keener
  Born	27 Jun 1876	Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Apr 1962	Clay County, Kansas
  Buried	16 Apr 1962	Athlestane Cemetery, Wakefield, Clay County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4318	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Samuel Lewis (Louis) Martin,   b. 2 Aug 1852, Germany ,   d. 17 Jan 1899, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Antoinette Mary Kester Strimple Martin,   b. 17 Jul 1852,   d. 4 Feb 1942  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Newton E Keener
  Married	1895	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Keener Pierson,   b. 4 Jul 1900, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 22 Jul 1920  (Age 20 years) + 2. Harold N Keener,   b. 22 Aug 1912, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 9 Mar 2012, Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas  (Age 99 years)   3. Lee Keener
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2018 11:39:00
  Family ID	F5782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 13 Apr 1962 - Clay County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Keener, Bena Mrs. Newt Keener Bena Keener, daughter of Mary and Louis Martin, was born at Henderson, Ky. July 27, 1876. She died at the Clay County Hospital Friday, April 13, 1962 at the age of 85 years. She spent most of her life in Kansas. She was a member of the Madura Congregational Church at Wakefield. She was united in marriage with Newton E. Keener at St. Marys in 1895. Had she lived until April 29, they would have been married 67 years. Survivors include her husband, Newton; her two sons, Lee of Wakefield, Harold of Oakhill; eight grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Faye Harler, Albuquerque, N.M., Mrs. Dollie Lillard, Mrs. Nellie Lillard and John Martin, all of Rossville. Funeral services were held at the Wakefield Congregational Church April 16 with interment in the Athelstane Cemetery near Wakefield. Mrs. Newton Keener of Wakefield, Kansas, died at her home April 13th. She was a sister of Mrs. Dollie Lillard, Mrs. Nellie Lillard, John Martin of Rossville and Mrs. Faye Harder of Albuquerque, New Mexico.