Milva Mary Keating, 81, of Kennett, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, at St. Francis Park Assisted Living in Kennett.

Born Jan. 18, 1926, in Bardly, Mo., daughter of the late Raymond and Oma Dale Christian, she was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Hornersville, Mo..

On Oct. 20, 1941, in Senath, Mo., she married Clifford Wayne Keating, who preceded her in death on July 24, 2001. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Walter Raymond and Jerry Paul Keating; four brothers and three sisters.

Survivors include one son, Terry Keating and wife, Linda, of Hornersville; two daughters, Mary Louise Evans and husband, Larry, of West Lafayette, Ind., and Barbara Ann Wilkins and husband, Jimmy, of Hornersville; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 2, at the First Baptist Church in Hornersville.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 2, at the First Baptist Church in Hornersville with the Revs. Doug Clinton and Paul Moore officiating.

Burial will follow in the Horner Cemetery.

Bradshaw-Emerson Funeral Home of Hornersville is in charge of arrangements.