Betty Lee Squires Keener, 92, of Fairmont, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Fairmont Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 28, 1927, in Fairmont, the daughter of the late Charles Squires and Opal Findley Squires.
Mrs. Keener was a retired teacher and county nutritionist for the Marion County Board of Education. She was a lifelong member of The Baptist Temple of Fairmont, where she served on the Board of Deacons. She was also a member of the sanctuary choir, a Sunday school teacher and a member of the American Baptist Women. She was a graduate of East Fairmont High School and Fairmont State College. Mrs. Keener loved being with her children, grandsons, great-grandson and many grand and great “grand dogs” and “grand cats.”
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Charles Allan and Lou Ann Keener, of Fairmont; a daughter and son-in-law, Karen Kay and Keith Browning, of Morgantown; two grandsons and their wives Scott Allan and Amber Keener and Robert Camden and Carrie Keener and a great-grandson William Allan Keener, of Fairmont; two nieces, Sherri and George Remias of Sarasota, Fla., and Janet Slick and her fiancé Ken Smaltz, of Niles, Ohio; several great-nieces and nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews; a sister-in-law Janet Smith, of Wheeling, and her nephew’s wife Linda Stoops, of Fairmont. She was preceded in death by her sister and brother-in-law Frances and Bob Rider and nephew Don Stoops.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Baptist Temple, 430 Morgantown Ave., Fairmont, WV 26554 or the Marion County Humane Society, 2731 Locust Ave., Fairmont, WV 26554.
The family will receive friends at the Ford Funeral Home, Ford Chapel, 201 Columbia St., Fairmont, WV 26554 from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, March 5, and from 10-11 a.m. Friday, March 6. The funeral service will be held at the funeral home at 11:00 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Dr. Allan Copenhaver and Pastor Tim Edin officiating. The committal service will follow at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Fairmont.
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