Corinne Folk Keilers of San Angelo passed away on October 5, 2011. Funeral services will be on Monday October 10, 2011 in the First Baptist Church chapel. Burial will be in the Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens.
Corinne was born to the late James E. Folk and Ella Whitfield Folk on December 24, 1908 in Coleman County. She grew up on the farm and graduated from Santa Anna High School. Corinne attended San Marcus State Teachers College and was a graduate of Howard Payne University.
Corinne married college sweetheart Lorenz W. Keilers in 1933 in San Marcus, Texas. The Keilers taught school in various places in central and south Texas. In 1947, she and her family moved to San Angelo when her husband became Manager for the Texas Employment Commission. After their two sons were old enough to attend school, Corinne resumed her teaching career in the Lake View and San Angelo school systems.
Corinne and her family were faithful members of the First Baptist Church. She spent many years teaching in the second and third grade departments and working with Sunday night training groups. First Baptist was her church home for more than sixty years.
She was also engaged in many school and community activities and served as President of the Lake View Class Room Teachers Association, as well as serving two terms as President of the Literary Review Club. Corinne retired from teaching in 1974.
Corinne was a busy home maker and never tired of serving her family, especially the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. One son, Carroll W. Keilers preceded her in death in 1979, and her husband L.W. preceded her in 1988. Corinne is survived by one son, Dee W. Keilers of Ozona, Texas and three grandchildren; Karen Keilers Kimball and her husband Jeff of Ft. Davis, Lance W. Keilers and his fiancée Betsy of San Angelo, and Lindsay Keilers Washburn and her husband Matt of San Bruno, California. She is survived by four great grandchildren; Jeren Kimball, Keesey Kimball, Mackenzie Keilers and Chase Keilers. Corinne is also survived by her loving and caring extended family, Linda and Dirk Hartogs, Thane Koontz and family, as well as Sean Koontz and family in California.
. The family wishes to thank Sandra Harding for her special attention to our mother and grandmother during her stay there. We also want to thank the Rio Concho Terrace staff for always being kind and helpful and to Bob Brewer for always keeping the coffee hot. Her life was blessed for having lived there in a friendly environment and special thanks to Dell Witt and Tillie Cook for their friendship and for keeping the 42 games going. Finally, we would like to thank the First Baptist Church friends for keeping in touch with her in so many ways and to the staff of the Ballinger Memorial Hospital for their compassionate care.
Honorary pallbearers are Jeff Kimball, Kessey Kimball, Chase Keilers, Clayton Leighty, Matt Washburn, Thane Koontz, and Sean Koontz.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Ballinger Hospital Foundation or the Billy Graham Evangelical Association.
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