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Ivan Richard Keesee

Birth	:	21 Apr 1921
Death	:	17 Jun 1947
Burial	:	Crown Hill Cemetery, Coldwater, Comanche County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.2708015, -99.2944031
Description	:	Obituary. Ivan Richard Keesee, son of Robert and Calla Keesee, was born in Coldwater, Kans., April 21, 1921, and departed this life June 17, 1947, in the Veterans Hospital in Wichita, Kans., at the age of 24 years, 1 month and 27 days. He grew to young manhood in Coldwater, graduating from Coldwater high school with the class of 1940. He attended Kansas University two years and enlisted in the United States Navy, taking his boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. When through training, volunteers were asked for to man a ship. Ivan volunteered and became captain of the gun... Read More	Obituary. Ivan Richard Keesee, son of Robert and Calla Keesee, was born in Coldwater, Kans., April 21, 1921, and departed this life June 17, 1947, in the Veterans Hospital in Wichita, Kans., at the age of 24 years, 1 month and 27 days. He grew to young manhood in Coldwater, graduating from Coldwater high school with the class of 1940. He attended Kansas University two years and enlisted in the United States Navy, taking his boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. When through training, volunteers were asked for to man a ship. Ivan volunteered and became captain of the gun crew, sailing from Newport News, Va., September 7, 1942. For nine months his parents did not hear from him. He came home on a short leave and told his parents of having been in a hospital in Calcutta, India, suffering from malaria and a back injury. He later made several secret missions and was returned to California where he was stationed for several months. While there he was united in marriage with Miss Lila May Wimp of Argonia, Kans., in the naval chapel at Ojai, Calif. on January 1, 1946. About May 1st of that year he was shipped out to participate in the Bikini Atomic Bomb Test which was held in the Pacific Islands. While on duty there he was taken ill and was brought back to the States on a hospital ship and entered the Corona, Calif. Naval Hospital where last November he underwent a serious back operation and was placed in a cast, which he continued to wear. Ivan was discharged from the hospital April 1,. 1947, and came home on a leave. He had been here only a short time when he took sick. He was taken to the Veterans Hospital where he remained until his death. He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, father, mother, four sisters; Mrs. Ruby Hyder, Red Top, Mo., Opel, Verna and Dorothy Mae of the home; two brothers; Melvin Keesee of Oakland Beach, Rhode Island, and Carl Keesee of Coldwater, besides a host of other relatives and friends. Ivan was one of Coldwater's finest young men. He was a good athlete, made a good record in all of his studies and was ever willing to take his share of responsibility, whether on the football field or in the defense of his country. The sorrowing relatives have the sincere sympathy of the entire community.

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Latitude: 37.2708015
Longitude: -99.2944031

Family Members:

Parent

Robert Richard “Bob” Keesee

(1891 - 1983)

Calla Lily Guyer Keesee

(1897 - 1963)

Siblings

Melvin Robb Keesee

(1922 - 1981)

Carl Edward Keesee

(1925 - 1985)

Opel I Kessee Hoffman

(1927 - 2008)

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