Edith "Edie" G. Keogh, 92, passed September 21,2018. She was born Helen Edith Gelder on October '23, 1925 in Killdeer North Dakota. Edith grew up and graduated college from North Dakota State University with a degree in English.
She married her college sweetheart, together they raised 4 children while traveling throughout the U.S. and two tours in Okinawa as an USAF family. Due to their transfers the couple started a family tradition of stopping at a MN lake resort where as many as 75 relatives would .vacation--with the Keoghs every other year. This tradition continues to the present. Edith was a grand master of bridge and played an excellent game of golf. Edith was preceded in death by her parents, Stanley and Agnes; 2 sisters, Alicia and Patricia, her oldest grandson, Daniel as well as her husband of 67 years, Curtis. Edith is survived by son Timothy Keogh and grandson Sean; Gregory (Glyn) Keogh and grandchildren Cherie (Tim) Dodge, Josh and Zachary; Richard (Maryanne) Keogh, granddaughters Cassie and Jenny (Derek) and great granddaughter, Zoey; Nancy (Bob) Holcomb, granddaughter Jessica (Ben) Reynolds, great grandsons Eliot and Geo; sister, Margery Peterson, as well as numerous other family and friends. Visitation will be Sunday, October 14, 2018 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, October 15, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Colonial Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please make memorial contributions to the Wounded Warrior Project or a charity of your choice.
Edith, a generous and caring person, will be missed deeply by all.
