Della Marie Keelin

Della Marie Keelin, 93, of Marietta, Ohio, passed on at Marietta Memorial Hospital on December 18th, 2023, while in hospice care.

She was born Della Marie Jeffries in Louisville, Kentucky, and was adopted as a child, along with her older sister, Alberta, by Walter and Bonnie Quisenberry of Shelbyville,KY, where she was raised.

She married William (Bill) Keelin of Clay County, KY in 1950. The newlyweds moved to Marietta, OH for Bill to begin his new job at The Marietta Times Company.

Della was a homemaker and mother of two girls. She also worked for many years in the family business, Coin Machine Company.

She is survived by her elder daughter, Jennie Beardsley (Ron), granddaughters Misty (Hart) Mercier (Tim), and Rachael Beardsley, and great-granddaughters, Madelyn and Evelyn Mercier.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Alberta Lester, husband, Bill Keelin, and younger daughter, Lydia Hart.

The family would like to acknowledge the kindness and compassion shown by all those who helped us at Marietta Memorial Hospital and Amedisys Hospice.

Della’s ashes, and those of her husband and younger daughter will be buried at Putnam Cemetery in Devola at a later date.

Arrangements will be handled by McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home, and messages for the family may be left at www.lankfordfh.com.