The Payette Independent
Thursday, December 08, 1927
MRS. HARTUNG'S BROTHER DROWNED
Elbert O. Keele was born in Jasper County, Missouri, December 20, 1883, and departed this life on December 3rd, 1927, due to drowning caused by an epileptic convulsion and falling in a stream of water in Wolverine Canyon 25 miles from Blackfoot, Idaho, where he was trapping this winter.
He was found by Nelson Cox of Shelley, Idaho, December 3rd, after he had been dead for several hours. His relatives were immediately communicated with and his brother in law, Chas. Hartung, left Saturday afternoon to bring the body to Payette for burial, arriving on the following Monday morning.
Funeral services were held December 6th, 1927, at the Home Undertaking Parlors conducted by Rev. G. A. Finch of Ontario, Oregon, and he was laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Keele, of New Plymouth, and five brothers and five sisters and numerous other relatives. All the immediate family being present for the funeral except four brothers and sisters who were unable to come to Payette.
