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Floyd Van Keuren of 14 Nevins Street died suddenly Monday at Veterans Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. Mr Van Keuren, who had been employed as a cutler for the Ulster Knife Company for about 40 years, was born September 7, 1892, at Greenfield, a son of Charles and Edith Freer Van Keuren. He was married here November, 1915 to Elizabeth Hoar. Mr Van Keuren attended the Ellenville Public Schools and was a member of the St John's Episcopal Church. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs Edith Zupp of Walden, and Mrs Alice McCombs of Cragsmoor; two sons, Frederick R of Ellenville and Herbert E of Paterson, NJ; two brothers, Mathew and Richard of Ellenville; one sister, Mrs Alice Rogally of Ellenville; nine grandchildren, one great grandchild, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at St John's Episcopal Church at 2 o'clock, with the Rev Robert Ward officiating. Internment will be at the Fantinekill Cemetery. The bearers will be Thomas Ingham, Walter Little, Robert Goldsmith, and Joseph Goldsmith. Ellenville Journal, Oct 19, 1954.
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Frederick R Van Keuren, 60, of Scottsdale and formerly of Ellenville, died Friday at the Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, Scottsdale. A retired district manager for Prudential Insurance, he spent most of his life in Ellenville. He was born in Ellenville May 13, 1918, to Floyd and Elizabeth Hoar Van Keuren. Mr Van Keuren was a former Republican committeeman from the town of Wawarsing; a former board member of the Ellenville School; the past president of the Shawangunk Country Club in Ellenville; and a member and past commander of the American Legion Cook-Taylor Post 111 in Ellenville. Survivors include his wife, the former Margaret Hoerner, at home; one son, Peter C of Chicago; one brother, Herbert, of New Jersey; two sisters, Edith, of New Jersey, and Alice of Cragsmoor. A burial office was offered at 10 a.m. Tues in St John's Memorial Episcopal Church, Ellenville. Burial was in Fantinekill Cemetery. Ellenville Press, Feb 21, 1979.
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