Miss Nell F. Keat, 90, of Mason City, Iowa died Tuesday, April 29, 1997, at the I.O.O.F. Home in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 2, at 10 a.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Thomas Healey of First Congregational Church, Clear Lake, officiating. Visitation will begin Friday after 9 a.m. at the funeral home Graveside services will be held Monday, May 5, at 11 a.m. at the Manning Cemetery, Manning, Iowa.

The family suggests memorials to the Nell F. Keat Memorial Fund.

Nell was born April 21, 1907, in Manning, the daughter of Richard Samuel and Sarah Eliza (Tate) Keat. She graduated from Manning High School in 1924 and was a rural teacher in the area. Nell moved to Omaha, Nebraska. where she worked for Swift and Company for over 25 years as a bookkeeper until her retirement September 1, 1969. Nell continued to live in Omaha until ill health. She then moved to Mason City, Iowa, to be closer to her family the Halfords.

Nell was a member of Manning United Methodist Church, Manning.

She is survived by three nieces, Carol Lee Halford and her husband, Robert, Clear Lake, Betty Newbiggen and her husband, Don, Spirit Lake, Iowa, and Bertha Ruhde, Manning; a niece-in-law, Bev Butler and her husband, Don, Creston, Iowa; a nephew-in-law, Dick Swanson, Des Moines, Iowa; three great-nieces, Deb Delpierre, Des Moines, Sara Loomis and her husband, Leo, Des Moines, and Jennifer Schwager and her husband, Monty, Maple Grove, Minnesota.

She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Harry M. Keat, John W. Keat, Albert S. Keat, Arthur R. Keat, and George F. Keat; three sisters, Mabel S. Keat, Emma E. Mincey and Ethel F. Garvin.