SHEILA K. KEECH,
age 64, of Cindella Lane, Dryden, NY died Sunday, July 19, 2009 at the Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca, NY after a brief illness. Sheila was born June 29, 1945 in Willsboro, NY, the eighth of thirteen children of Floyd and Adelaide Hathaway Pierce. Sheila had been a Dryden area resident since 1971. Years ago she was a cook at Viking Lanes and more recently at the Dryden Hotel. She was an avid sports fan who enjoyed playing golf. Sheila was a loving, caring and devoted mother and grandmother who will be greatly missed by her family and a wide circle of friends.
Survivors include her four children, Dwight (Donna) Keech of Dryden, Tim Keech of Dryden, Betsy (Stacey) McCoy of Carriere, MS, Kathleen (John) Dumar of Raleigh, NC; seven grandchildren, Adam, Jerrica, Rachael, Seth, Tessa, Christian and Ethan; eleven siblings, Fay Bigelow, Atwood Pierce, Bruce Pierce, Barbara Gough, Steve Pierce, Doris Colburn, Debra Heald, Faylene Montville, Beverly Moran, Vesta Spring and Floyd Pierce. She was predeceased by a sister, Alice Irwin.
Memorial services will be held at 11 AM Thursday, July 23, 2009 at the Perkins Funeral Home with Rev. Alan Kinney officiating. Burial will be in Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden. Friends are invited to call from 6 to 8 PM Wednesday at the Perkins Funeral Home, 55 West Main St., Dryden, NY. Memorials are directed to the American Cancer Society, 13 Beech Street, Johnson City, NY 13790.
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