KEILHOLZ, Marjorie Eliz.
Age 93
Kalamazoo
Died May 13, 2003 at Rose Arbor in Kalamazoo. She was born in Saginaw, MI on 
August 1, 1909, daughter of Olive (Herbert) and Earl Beer. She lived most of 
her life in Detroit and Royal Oak, MI. She had one older sister, Lucille Davis; 
and nine half-brothers and sisters. Surviving are George Libby of Birmingham, 
MI, Charles Randall Libby of Fort Gratiot, MI, and Ellenton, FL, Jane Harrell 
of Temecula, CA, Joan Barringer of Brooksville, FL, E. Janice Buchheit of Fort 
Peck, MT, and Virginia Smothers of Walled Lake, MI. Also surviving are a special 
niece, Ann Davis, and many, many other nieces and nephews. On February 11, 1927, 
Marjorie and Edwin Keilholz were married. They had 2 children, Marjorie Ellen 
(Mrs. Charles Meyer) and Charles Edwin. Her husband Edwin and son Charles died 6 
weeks apart in 1984. Charles had a career in the Air Force and died at age 44 
after service around the world, including Vietnam. Her daughter, Marjorie Ellen 
Meyer, survives, along with three grandchildren, Heidi Heiman (Ray), Katrina 
Vanas (Chris) and Karl Meyer (Geri); and six great-grandchildren, Hannah Heiman, 
Zachary and Victoria Vanas, Charles, Kurtis, and William Meyer. Marjorie was very 
proud of the fact that she hosted a radio series on WXYZ for the Detroit Federation 
of Women's Clubs in the 1930s, and also she was a Red Cross Nurses aide, working at 
Harper Hospital in the 1950s. Marjorie worked for many years as a school secretary,
mostly at Cass Technical High School, where Edwin was head of the financial dept. 
Marjorie and Edwin toured Europe several times, visiting their children who lived 
in England, Germany and Austria. She moved to Bronson Place in Kalamazoo in 1991 to 
be near her daughter. She was a member of Pi Omicron Sorority, Zion Lutheran Church, 
and Kalamazoo Area Newcomers Club.  A memorial service will be held at her former 
church, Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Birmingham, MI, and burial will be in Forest 
Lawn Cemetery in Detroit. In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to the 
Charles Meyer Art History Award Fund at the Art Dept. at Western Michigan University.
Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 5/15/2003.