Mary Ann Gretchen Keim

75 of Glendale passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014. She was born in Elk Horn, Iowa on February 2, 1939. She attended Atlantic High School, Atlantic, Iowa in the Class of 1956. Following graduation, she began working for Bell Telephone in Atlantic as a telephone operator. In 1963, she was transferred to Denver, Colorado working for the Mountain State Telephone & Telegraph Company as a service assistant, retiring in 1987. Mary Ann was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. In 1994 Mary Ann moved to Phoenix, Arizona, working for the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office- Election Department. She retired in 2000 as a GIS Technician.

Mary Ann is preceded in death by her parents, John and Ella Sieck; parents in law, John and Gladys Keim; her former husband, Gayle Lee Keim; brothers, Kenneth ( Virginia) Bunnell, Harold Bunnell; brothers in law, Kurt Keim, David A. Bissell.

She is survived by her son, Kevin (Dinah) Keim; grandchildren, Madelyn (Jaime) Aquirre and Melissa Keim; great grandchildren, Milyn Rodriguez, Melanie and Myla Aquirre; sisters, Larita (Pete) Lesan, Lola (Melvin) Hodge; sisters in law, Kandi (Bill) Bonneson, Julie (Tony) Ransford, and Geneva Froelich; brother in law, Gene (Yvonne) Keim.

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 11:30 AM at Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary, Glendale, Arizona. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.chapelofthechimesmortuary.com.