Lula Keeley

Lula Keeley, 98, of Humboldt, passed away December 19, 2008 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. Private family funeral services will be Monday in the chapel of the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City.
Mrs. Keeley is survived by her daughter, Marjorie (Thomas) Smith of Humboldt; grandchildren, Brenden and Scott Pizinger, Wayne (Beth) King, Angela (Don) Barnes, and Geoffrey (Leigh) Rau; great-grandchildren, Lisa Cooke, Brooke Pizinger, Becky Henry, Joseph Pizinger, Jordan Hinders, Tony, Thomas, and Tammy King, Donald, Amanda, Bryan, Christopher, Ethan, and Falcon Barnes, and Garrett Rau; seven great-great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Milan and Clarence; son, Lawrence Pizinger; daughter, Kathryn Keeley King; three sisters; three brothers; and great grandson, Geoffrey Barnes.
Lula Charlotte Beauchamp, the daughter of Roy D. and Charlotte E. (Smith) Beauchamp, was born near Letts, Iowa on May 21, 1910, the second of seven children. She graduated from Lone Tree High School in 1928 as class Valedictorian and attended Iowa State Teachers College. She was united in marriage to Milan Wesley Pizinger on November 24, 1928. . Lula taught in country schools in southeast Iowa during the late 1920’s and early 1930’s and also at a CCC camp following Mr. Pizinger’s death in 1938. On August 16, 1939, she was united in marriage to Clarence Arthur Keeley at Webster City. The couple made their home in Webster City until Clarence’s death in 1972. Lula then made her home with her daughter in Humboldt. She became a resident of the Humboldt Care Center North in May of this year. She passed away at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital on the morning of December 19, 2008 at the age of 98.