Adele L. Keller
August 15, 1924 ~ September 8, 2015
Adele L. (Grigonis) Keller, 91, died Tuesday morning, September 8, 2015 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House. She was the loving wife of the late Joseph F. Keller.
Born in Peabody on Aug. 15, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna (Pietkewich) Grigonis. She was raised and educated in Peabody and was a graduate of Peabody High School.
Mrs. Keller was lovingly devoted to her family, and especially enjoyed spending time with them at the family’s summer home in New Hampshire. She instilled strong values in her children and grandchildren that each of them will remember.
She enjoyed gardening, sewing, and a variety of crafts, and lovingly cared for her dog, Sami.
She leaves two daughters, Janice Pedersen and her husband Robert of Nashua, NH and Judith Hardy and her husband Doug of Beverly, four sons, Wayne Keller and his wife Toni of Danvers, Douglas Keller and his wife Cookie of Amesbury, Ronnie Keller and his wife Jan of Sandown, NH, and Kevin Keller of Danvers, her grandchildren, Lisa, Ashley, Olivia, Joe, and Doug Keller, Debbie Waron, Sheila Farnsworth, Shaun Pedersen, Sara Breceda, and Melissa George, four great-grandchildren, Jason, Dylan, Charlotte, and Amelia, and a sister, Eleanor Cronin. She was predeceased by her son, Joseph Keller, and her brothers Joseph and Alfonso “Footsie” Keller.
Her funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to the Kaplan Family Hospice House, 78 Liberty St., Danvers, MA 01923.
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You were the rock of the family! Growing up with 4 brothers and 2 sisters in that small house she kept us in line including my father. As tiny as she is when she spoke everyone listened and learned. She kept the Kellers in line, off to school, lunches, laundry make the beds and keep the house spotless! Also raise kids that are animals, she would straighten us out! Get us up for school every day and pick up our dirty clothes make the beds fold the clothes and put them in the draws then go to Ann and Hope to work not a complaint! She felt she had a job to do to be the best Mother anyone could ever have. There will never be another one like you. I love you and miss you Ma.
Doug
My mother was the strongest person that I ever knew. She was always there for everyone in my family. She had strong values and taught us how to love and respect everything in life. She loved her kids but most of all she loved her grandchildren. Something special about all those grandchildren she just loved. She also loved her little monkey Sami. That is what she used to call him. Her shih tzu dog. I am going to miss talking to her everyday. She was the greatest mother a daughter could ever have and I feel lucky that she was mine. I will miss her.
Judy
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I always remember Grandma making and clothing her teddy bears! She was so creative and crafty.. She a was the sweetest woman in the world. I remember sleeping over her house all the time and spending weekends up in New Hampshire with her and Grandpa. We used to get in trouble for riding our bikes to their house on the busy road but we wanted to spend time with them so bad because we loved them so much. Rest in peace to the most amazing Grandma in the world. <3
I was a young girl and best friends with Judy (her loving daughter) and she always showed us everything a young girl would need to know with crafting, cooking, sweetness, humor, & always loving. We all had never a dull moment thru out the “Keller household she made life worth living with her great motherness. Judy, Doug, Ronnie, Jan, Wayne & little Kev we use to call him…God Bless and my thoughts and prayrs are with you always…Love Maryanne Lecouras-Loughlin
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My heart goes out to you Doug, and Joanne, and all your family. May you find peace, knowing she is with your dad, and your brother Joe. I was told, she was a wonderful lady, who was all about loving, and putting her family first.
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A friend told me today, that we (every single family member and friend) is part of Grandma’s legacy. Know what, my friend is right, each one of us….sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, grandchildren, great grandchildren and cousins have a piece of her in us. Maybe it was the morals and strength she instilled in all of us, maybe it was the love and kind-spirit she exhibited, or the passion she had for things like crafts but each one of us has an important piece of Grandma that we carry with us. The things we learned from her and memories we have, both personal and shared allow us to carry on her legacy. I know that Heaven has gained an angel but she still carries on here on Earth through all of us.
…. Your song has ended, Grandma, but your melody has lived on.
I love you and one day I will see you again! XOXO
Grandma put a smile on my face when I walked in her house. I remember walking in the porch to the kitchen and seeing grandma coming my way to give me a hug. Grandma left many foot prints on my heart… memories I can talk about for years. I loved making raspberry bars with her and Kevin in the kitchen. I miss sitting at the table and talking to her about everything in life. Grandma was my idol and I always looked up to her and took her advice. I loved when my grandma, my mom and I were about to go out shopping and she’d be giggling in the corner of the room because she couldn’t zipper her coat so we would help her. The time she bought a new coat from Kohls which she LOVED and got stuck in it because we couldn’t undo the buttons. We were laughing in her kitchen for a while. I loved going apple picking with Grandma and Papa as a little kid. I’m going to miss Grandma at the family Christmas parties but I know her and papa will always be in the room. When I hear a wind chime or see a “helicopter” fall from a tree I know Grandma will be watching over all of us.
Grandma I love you and will miss and think about you every day! I try to be strong because you always were but its hard. Say hi to Papa for me.
—Meliss
so sorry for the loss of your MOM, may she now RIP ,she will be missed