WILLIAM SHANNON
  
  William Irenaeus Shannon, age  85, died Monday  afternoon, January 16,  
  1984 at Washington County Hospital where he had been a patient for four 
  days.
  
  Funeral services were  held Wednesday January  18, 1984  at St. Mary's  
  catholic Church with Rev.  Charles Mann officiating.  Interment was at  
  St. Mary's cemetery. A rosary  service was held at  7:30 pm on Tuesday  
  January 17, 1984  at Powell Funeral  Home, Keota. A  memorial fund has  
  been established.
  
  Organist was  Mrs.  Dianna  Sheets with  music  by  the  church choir.  
  Pallbearers were Steve Breeding, Steve Shannon, Pat Shannon, Leo Adam, 
  Tom Kidlinger and Merle Morrison. 
  
  Mr. Shannon was born June 28, 1898 near Clinton, Iowa, the son of John 
  and Teresa Farrell Shannon. He attended rural  schools and came to the 
  Keota area as a young man and was married January 13, 1925 to Veronica 
  K.. Peiffer ar St.  Mary's Catholic church in  Keota. They farmed near  
  Keota until moving  to town  in 1954.  He was  a member of  St. Mary's  
  church and the Keokuk County Farm Bureau.
  
  Survivors include  his wife  Veronica, three  son; Dr.  James Shannon,  
  Topeka, Kansas.  Dr.  Donald  Shannon, Houghton,  Ia.  and  Dr. Edward  
  Shannon, Barrington, Ill., eight grandchildren; one great granddaughter; 
  two sister, Mrs.  Teresa Morrison, and  Mrs. Regina Smith  of Keota, a  
  brother Urban of Milledgeville,  Georgia. He was  preceded in death by  
  two brothers; Allie and Joe; One sister Mrs. Loretta Flander.
  
  Keota Eagle
  Typed by Lyman Morrison, 1994.
  Also in the Signourney News Review (not typed in, says mostly the
  same things.) Also in the Ottumwa Courier.


			   Veronica Shannon
			   Dies September 8

Veronica (Frona) Shannon age 91, of Keota, died Sat. Sept. 8, 1990 at
Maplewood Manor in Keota after a long illness.

She was born Sept. 17, 1898 near Keota, to Paul and Margaret Buch
Peiffer.  She attended rural Clear Creek school.  She married William
I. Shannon on Jan. 13, 1925, at St. Marys Catholic Church in Keota. He
died in 1984.  She lived in Keota most of her life.  She was a
homemaker and a cook at Central Cafe in Keota.  She was a member of
St. Marys Catholic Church in Keota and the Altar and Rosary Society.

She is survived by three sons, Dr. James Shannon of Topeka, Kan., Dr.
Don Shannon of Houghton and Dr. Ed Shannon of Barrington, Ill.; eight
grandchildren; four great grandchildren; three sisters, Laurena of
Keota, Margaret Shannon of Sigourney, Pauline Linnekamp of Harper.

She was preceded by her parents and her husband; two brothers, Ed and
Elmer and one sister, Bertha.

Funeral services were held on Tues., Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. at St. Marys
Catholic Church with Rev. Robert Harness officiating. Linda Sieren was
organist.  St.  Marys Choir provided the music.  Casketbearers were
Doug Hogan, Steve Boeding, Steve Shannon, Tom Redlinger, Earl Adam and
Paul Peiffer.  Burial; was at St. Mary Cemetery.

Memorials go to St. Marys Church in Keota.  

Powell Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Sigourney News Review
September 12, 1990

Typed by Lyman Morrison, 1995.