Anita Rose Keller, 80, Breckenridge, Mo., passed away at her home on March 9, 2019. Anita previously lived in Alamogordo, New Mexico, before moving to Breckenridge in 2007. Anita was a homemaker.

Anita was born on February 18, 1939, in Missoula, Montana, to Clarence Alfred and Marie Asenith (Baunton) Newton.  She married her husband, James "Jim" R. Keller in 1963 in Missoula, and he preceded her in death in 2005.

She was also preceded by her parents, and her sister, Lillian.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Breckenridge, and a lifelong member of The Order of the Eastern Star.  She enjoyed gardening, being outdoors, hunting and fishing, and sewing, as well as being with her family and grandchildren.

Survivors:  Daughters-Shelly Keller-Willig (husband, Randy), Dexter, New Mexico, and Karri Curnow (husband, Richard), Breckenridge, Mo.; 4 grandchildren-Shannon Booth (Bobby Hull), Clarinda, Ia., James "Bo" Booth (Erika), Clarinda, Cory Booth (Shaelee), Breckenridge, and Sarah Willig, Dexter, NM.; 7 great-grandchildren-Cory, Keller, Kennedy, Kelsey, Serenity, Sawyer, and Liam; Brother-Clarence Newton; Sisters-Virginia Hamilton, Vi Boots, and Mary Shelton; and her sisters-in-law and their families in Iowa.

Cremation has been entrusted to Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, Mo.

There will be no formal services which was Anita's request, and a family service will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

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