Dorothy (Brugioni) Keel, 89, a retired seamstress, died at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston on Nov. 10 after a lengthy illness.
Born in Novinger, Mo., and raised in Rotari, Italy, she moved to Highland Park, Ill., and then Boston.
She met Stanley G. Keel in the South End and they married 62 years ago. They lived in the South End, raised their children in Jamaica Plain for 25 years and moved to Mattapan in 1976. Mrs. Keel retired from B and D Garment Co. in 1983.
She was an active parishioner at Saint Angela Church, Mattapan.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, Stefano Keel and Riccardo Keel, both of Milton, Mario J. Keel, of Mattapan, Anna Maria Keel, of Stoughton, Daniel Keel, of Wethersfield, Conn., and Pietro Keel, of Lutz, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, her sister, Mary Moore, of Malden; and her brother, Giovanni Brugioni, of Chicago.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated in St. Angela Church, Mattapan, on Nov. 16. Burial was in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain.
Donations may be made to Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, TB Treatment Unit, c/o Dr. Turner, 170 Morton St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.
Arrangements were by the Dolan Funeral Home. |