MUNCIE,
Mary Lou King, 87, aka,
Cupcake the Clown, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2013 at IU Health Ball
Memorial Hospital.
Mary was born on April 25,
1926 in Muncie, Indiana to Andrew and Nellie (Achey) Seal. She was a 1944 graduate of Muncie Central
High School. She married Forrest V.
Keeley Jr. with whom she had two children, David and Frances.
Mary was very active. She was a member of Union Chapel, Home Extension
Club, Purdue Extension Gardening Club, Clowns on the Ball, the World Clown
Association and also served as president of Church Women United.
Mary worked for Ball State
University for 31 years, retiring in 1988.
She is survived by her
children: Frances Young, and David Keeley (Mike Fordyce), three grandchildren:
William Young (Cathy), Sally Stapleton (Tim), and Andrew Young (Rachael), five
great-grandchildren: Steven, Shanon and Sam Stapleton, and Brooke and Amarah
Young, seven step-sons, one step-daughter, as well as numerous other
family.
Mary was preceded in death by
her parents, three husbands, Forrest Keeley, Desco Flick and Elvis King, as
well as six brothers and two sisters.
Funeral Services will be held
at 1:00 pm on Monday, August 26, 2013 at the Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, 200
S. Hartford St., Eaton with Rev. Mike Armstrong officiating. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory.
Visitation for friends and
family will be from 11:00 to 1:00 pm. Monday, August 25, prior to services.
Memorials may be made to the
family in care of: Pitman-Richman Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be
left for the family at www.watersfuneralhomes.com
