Grace Hymel Keller

Grace Hymel Keller passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. She was born on January 15, 1923 in New Orleans, LA and attended St. Joseph’s Academy. She was a full-time homemaker and loving mother of 5 children. She enjoyed record keeping and wrote every little thing down in her calendar in order to recall special occasions and happy memories with her family. She was also a long-time parishioner of St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Metairie, LA.

Grace was preceded in death by her husband, Cornelius Michael Keller Jr. of Metairie, LA; daughter, JoAnn Keller Ecuyer of New Orleans, LA; parents, Louis Joseph Hymel and Ottilia Bauer Hymel of New Orleans, LA; and siblings, Gloria Hymel Miller of New Orleans, LA, Louis Hymel of Mandeville, LA, Louella Hymel Rini of Metairie, LA, Andrew Hymel of Metairie, LA, George Hymel of New Orleans, LA.

She is survived by her children, Constance Keller Owens of Mandeville, LA, Cornelius Michael Keller, III (Pamela) of Covington, LA, Gerard Michael Keller of Metairie, LA, and Michelle Keller Harper (Robert) of The Woodlands, TX; sister, Gertrude Hymel Burke of Metairie, LA; grandchildren, Kelly Owens Dennis (Mark), Scott Owens, Tara Keller Roche (Jarett), Jennifer Keller (Mathew), Amy Harper Duvanich (Dustin), Christine Keller Shea (Reid), Stephanie Keller, Holly Harper Reid (Matthew), Presley Keller, Brian Keller, Shelly Harper; and ten great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation on Friday, June 12, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Metairie, LA. Funeral mass will begin at 12:00 pm.