MENDOTA – Mary A. Keeling, 68, of Mendota, passed away at home on March 19, 2025.

Services will be private. Cremation rites have been accorded. Wasmer Funeral Home is privileged to assist the family.

Mary was born Aug. 22, 1956, in Mendota, to Delbert and Patricia (Myers) Brown. She graduated Mendota High School in 1975. Mary married the love of her life, Kenneth Keeling in Ottawa on Feb. 15, 1985.

She will be missed by her three sons, Albert Schrader Jr. of Colorado Springs, Colo., Ken Keeling of Wausau, Wis., and Keith Keeling of Minnesota; four daughters, Peggy (Michael) Dilbeck of Mendota, Catina (Tim Firkus) Holstein of Birnamwood, Wis., Christina Keeling of Albany, Wis., and Catrina Keeling of Wausau, Wis.; 28 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two brothers, John (Kendra) Brown of Mendota and Delbert Brown Jr. of Peoria; aunt Wilma Jacobs of Mendota; four nieces; two nephews; sister-in-law, Shelly Brown; and two very special lifelong friends, Claire Danner and Linda DeWeale.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on May 9, 2019; daughter, Nancy Schrader; sister, Pam Sittler; brother, Michael Brown; and two granddaughters.
Mary was a wonderful mom and an exceptional grandma and aunt. Many will remember her for delivering their News-Tribune papers.

Memorials may be directed to the family. Condolences may be left at wasmerfuneralhome.com.