Norma (Winter) Keenan
Marriages
Charles J. Keenan - September 5, 1948
Burial Details
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 4B - January 22, 2020
Norma Keenan passed away
peacefully at her home in Paonia
on January 14. She was 95 years
old.
Norma June Winter was born
on June 15, 1924, to Ernest and
Anna (Epple) Winter at the
family farm on Bone Mesa,
the second of five children.
She attended the Bone Mesa
country school and Hotchkiss
schools, graduating from Hotchkiss High School in 1942. She later
graduated from Ross Business School in Grand Junction.
She married Charles J. Keenan on September 5, 1948 in Paonia
and they celebrated 47 years together. They had two children,
Charles J. III and Jon Winter.
She worked for 35 years at the First National Bank of Paonia,
starting at what is now the Blue Sage Gallery building. Beginning as
a Teller, she worked her way up to Cashier before leaving banking.
She then worked as store bookkeeper at City Market in Hotchkiss
for five years before retiring.
She was well known among family and friends for her hand
pieced hand stitched quilts, several of which remain with family
members. She loved gardening and yard work, even planting her
own tomato plants at age 94. She was particularly fond of roses, at
one time having nearly fifty rose bushes in her yard.
She was a member of the Paonia United Methodist Church,
Friends of the Library, and the North Fork Historical Society.
Survivors include her son, Jon; grandchildren, Charles and
Audrey; sister, Margaret “Chirp” Roderick, and several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles J.;
son, Charles J. “Jim”; sisters, Wilma O’Connor and Agnes LeRoy,
and brother, Merle Winter.
At her request, private services will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the
Paonia United Methodist Church, PO Box 157, Paonia, CO 81428.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Taylor Funeral
Service and Crematory.
View the internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at
www.taylorfuneralservice.com.
