Elinor Duffy Rist

1910 - 2007  (96 years)

• Name	Elinor Duffy Rist
  Born	21 Sep 1910	Zortman, Phillips County, Montana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Aug 2007	Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
  Buried	Calvary Cemetery, Havre, Hill County, Montana, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I330323	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2016

  
  

  Family	Franz P. Keller,   b. 7 Aug 1908, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 15 May 1986, Havre, Hill County, Montana, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1936	Havre, Hill County, Montana, USA
  Children	1. David Keller   2. Richard Keller   3. Lear Keller   4. Patrick Keller   5. Christopher Keller
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F111279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Elinor Rist Duffy Keller Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about removing the ads from this memorial... Birth: Sep. 21, 1910 Zortman Phillips County Montana, USA Death: Aug. 14, 2007 Lansing Leavenworth County Kansas, USA Havre Daily Sept 2007 Elinor Rist Duffy Keller, 96, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 at Golden Living Center in Lansing, Kansas. Cremation has taken place Funeral arrangements are pending and will be held at a later date in Havre. She was born Sept. 21,1910 in the mining town of Zortman and named Eleanor Duffy.She was abandoned at three years old and placed on a train to an orphanage in Great Falls. The conductor of the train, George Rist took her off the train to his home in Havre where he and his wife Alice raised her, Elinor attended Havre schools for ten years and graduated from high school at Ursuline Academy in Great Falls in 1929. She entered nursing training at Scared Heart Hospital and then anesthesia training at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. which she completed in 1934. Elinor worked as an anesthetist at Scared Heart Hospital for twenty years as a n office nurse for doctors Franken and Lacy, and later at the Deaconess Hospital in surgery and obstetrics. She retire in 1966. While working at Scared Heart she met Frank Keller. They were married on Sept. 1,1936 at St. Jude's Catholic Church, Elinor and Frank had five sons. Elinor moved from Havre to Leavenworth, Kan. in August 2005 where she was cared for by her son Rich and his wife in their home and later at Golden Living Nursing Center. Elinor loved her faith, family, music, reading, dancing, ice cream, powwows, rides to anywhere and had many friends both neighbors and former patients. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank in 1986. She is survived by her sons, David (Sue) of San Jose, Calif., Richard (Mary Ann) of Leavenworth, Lear (Karen) of West Chicago, Ill., Patrick (Marcie) of Ridgecrest, Calif., Christopher of Danville, Calif. eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Elinor's cremation has been arranged by Leintz Funeral Home in Leavenworth, Kan. and funeral arrangements are being coordinated with Holland and Bonine. Family links: Parents: Bessie Hegman Lamphier (1869 - 1934) Spouse: Frank P Keller (1908 - 1986) Burial: Calvary Cemetery Havre Hill County Montana, USA Plot: Lot 7 Block 3 Created by: Maureen and Ed Weatherly Record added: Jul 22, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 133196141