Iris Dean Keller1,2,3,4 
F, (3 August 1934 - 29 December 2001)
Iris Dean Keller was born on 3 August 1934 at Jeffersontown, Jefferson County, Kentucky.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Clarence Keller and Mary Whitaker.1 Iris Dean Keller married, at age 17, Leveorn H. Dittus, age 21, son of John Dittus and Emma Kay Mundt, on Monday, 31 March 1952.1,4 Iris Dean Keller died on 29 December 2001 at Wishek Hospital, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, at age 67 years, 4 months and 26 days.1,2,3 She was buried on 2 January 2002 in the Nazareth Congregational Cemetery, located in Fredonia, Logan County, North Dakota.3
The former Iris Dean Keller was listed in the obituary of Leveorn H. Dittus, on 1 March 1998 in the The Bismarck Tribune, printed in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, as his wife.4 Her obituary was published on 31 December 2001 Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Her obituary stated:
FREDONIA -- Iris Dittus, 67, Fredonia, died Dec. 29, 2001, in the Wishek hospital. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Nazareth Congregational Church, Fredonia. Burial will be in Congregational Cemetery, Fredonia.
She is survived by five children, Judy Mueller, Kulm, Bill Dittus, Nancy Kracke and Bonnie Entzi, all of Fredonia, and Carol Talbot, Jamestown; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, James Keller, Frankfort, Ky., and Johnny Keller, Louisville, Ky; and two sisters, Thelma Gnagie, Jeffersontown, Ind., and Clara Sanders, Louisville, Ky. (Haut Funeral Home, Wishek).3 The Social Security Death Index gives the last residence of record for Iris as Fredonia, Logan County, North Dakota.2
The former Iris Dean Keller was listed in the obituary of Leveorn H. Dittus, on 1 March 1998 in the The Bismarck Tribune, printed in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, as his wife.4 Her obituary was published on 31 December 2001 Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Her obituary stated:
FREDONIA -- Iris Dittus, 67, Fredonia, died Dec. 29, 2001, in the Wishek hospital. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Nazareth Congregational Church, Fredonia. Burial will be in Congregational Cemetery, Fredonia.
She is survived by five children, Judy Mueller, Kulm, Bill Dittus, Nancy Kracke and Bonnie Entzi, all of Fredonia, and Carol Talbot, Jamestown; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, James Keller, Frankfort, Ky., and Johnny Keller, Louisville, Ky; and two sisters, Thelma Gnagie, Jeffersontown, Ind., and Clara Sanders, Louisville, Ky. (Haut Funeral Home, Wishek).3 The Social Security Death Index gives the last residence of record for Iris as Fredonia, Logan County, North Dakota.2
Children of Iris Dean Keller and Leveorn H. Dittus
Last Edited=30 Jan 2010
Citations
- [S1399] Dennis Remien, Remiens of North Dakota, online http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi ( page last updated 9 September 2006) viewed on 26 December 2007.
- [S1380] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at <http://ssdi.rootsweb.com> (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, 3 December 2007 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. IRIS D DITTUS, birth listed as 03 Aug 1934, died listed as 29 Dec 2001 (V), issued in the State of North Dakota. Last residence Fredonia, Logan, ND, last benefit (none specified). Accessed 26 Dec 2007.
- [S1400] "Iris Dittus obituary," The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, North Dakota), 31 December 2001, p. 7A; NewsBank subscription database (http://infoweb.newsbank.com), America's Obituaries & Death Notices by NewsBank, Record No. 0F223942A50D680A. Accessed 26 December 2007.
- [S1401] "Leveorn Dittus obituary," The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, North Dakota), 1 March 1998; NewsBank subscription database (http://infoweb.newsbank.com), America's Obituaries & Death Notices by NewsBank, Record No. 0F2240E13B1BE24A. Accessed 26 December 2007.