Beverly Keffler

Beverly “JoAnn” (Creighton) Keffler passed away on Oct. 27, 2017 in Chandler, Ariz. Born in Racine, Wis. to Ivan and Nell (nee Butler) Creighton, JoAnn arrived on Nov. 23, 1926.

Her beloved husband, John “Jack” Keffler; grandson, Joshua John Keffler; brother, Douglas Creighton; and sister, Janet Kay Gradijan preceded JoAnn in death.

She is survived by her dear son, Douglas J. Keffler (Mary Ann) of Mesa, Ariz.; grandchildren, D. Jason Keffler and Jeffrey R. Keffler both of Chandler, Ariz.; and great-granddaughter, Kimber J. Keffler; and many nieces and nephews.

JoAnn graduated from Marquette University in 1949. She married the love of her life, Jack on Aug. 5, 1950 at Marquette University Chapel in Milwaukee, Wis. JoAnn was a teacher and speech pathologist with the Canton City Schools, who dedicated her professional career to special needs children in Canton, Ohio, where she lived with her husband until their retirement to Fountain Hills in 1987.

Throughout her life she loved the arts, opera, the symphony, to read, play cards and doing puzzles. She was busy in retirement in Fountain Hills with volunteering at the library, an active member of the DAR and for many years would work at the polling station on election days.

The family wishes to acknowledge her many Fountain Hills friends and the support of her nieces during the last years of her life.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at the Church of the Ascension in Fountain Hills on Saturday, Nov. 4. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in JoAnn’s memory to the Disabled American Veterans at dav.org. Arrangements are entrusted to Mariposa Gardens, Mesa AZ. Beverly JoAnn Keffler will be laid to rest with her husband, Jack, in the VA National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona.