Lovell & Eleanor Keil

December 18, 2016

A Memorial Service for Lovell & Eleanor will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the Farmer Funeral Home in Exeter. A Graveside Service will follow in the Exeter Cemetery with Military Rites performed by the Exeter American Legion William Sullivan Post 218. Memorials are directed to the Exeter American Legion William Sullivan Post 218. Lovell "Kyle" Keil passed away December 19, 2015 at 91 years of age in Surprise, Arizona. Lovell was born December 2, 1924 in Fairmont, Nebraska to Leroy H. and Ruby (Bivens) Keil. He graduated from Exeter High School in 1942, and then he entered the Navy in 1943 and serving in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during WWII. He married Eleanor M. Peterson, June 28, 1946 in Fairmont, Nebraska. Lovell attended Doane College in Crete, Nebraska and graduated with an accounting degree in 1950. He went on to work for General Motors for which he worked 35 years, also owning two businesses. He loved to spend time with family and friends, travel, and work on family genealogy. Eleanor Keil passed away on December 18, 2016 at the age of 89 years in Surprise, Arizona. Eleanor was born May 6, 1927, in Exeter, Nebraska, to Julian A. Peterson and Maude (Underwood) Peterson. She was raised on the family farm and attended a country school until she graduated from Exeter High School in 1944. She received a teaching certificate and taught at the same country school she had attended in Fillmore County, Nebraska. Eleanor worked at various jobs throughout her life, but loved to cook and bake and sew Teddy bears for family and friends. Lovell & Eleanor retired to Surprise, Arizona, in 2001. Lovell & Eleanor are survived by two daughters, Cheryl (John) Schneidmiller of Buffalo, Wyoming and Mary (Sam) Mayfield of Surprise, Arizona; one son, Jeff (Lisa) Keil, Loveland, Colorado; and five grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.