Obituary of Marianne Frances O'Keefe

Marianne Frances O'Keefe Hickory, NC Marianne F. O'Keefe, formerly of W. Henley St. in Olean, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday (November 4, 2015) at Trinity Village in Hickory after a long illness, Born December 31, 1923 in Olean, NY she was the daughter of William and Gertrude Horan Dorson. On May 22, 1948 at St. John's Church in Olean she married Thomas O'Keefe who predeceased her September 8, 2002. Mrs. O'Keefe attended St. Mary of the Angels Parochial School and graduated from Olean High School. She also attended the former Westbrook Commercial Academy in Olean. She had been employed as an EKG technician for Olean General Hospital prior to her retirement. She was devoted to her Catholic faith and formerly was a communicant of St. Mary of the Angels Church. In recent years she had been attending St. Aloysius Catholic Church since being a resident of Hickory. She loved walking her dog and enjoyed taking art classes as a member of the Olean Senior League. Her life was family-centered and she was loved and is survived by a daughter Lauren (Douglas) Gewand of Hickory; 2 sons Blair (Mary) O'Keefe of Wheaton, IL and Steven (Karen) O'Keefe of Liverpool; 7 grandchildren Anne (George) Johnides, Stephen (Jamie) Gewand, Alex O'Keefe, Matthew (Mary) O'Keefe, Michael O'Keefe, Nicole O'Keefe and Jonathan O'Keefe; 6 great grandchildren Ava, Clare, Emeric and Gabriel Gewand and Christopher Johnides and Maxwell O'Keefe; 2 sisters Patricia Linehan of Olean and Eileen Williams of Port St. Lucie, FL; 2 brothers John (Donna) Dorson of Allegany and Joseph Dorson of Abingdon, VA; many nieces and nephews; 4 sisters-in-law Mary Rothrock and Patricia O'Keefe, both of Olean, Penny O'Keefe of Cuba and Shirley O'Keefe of Westwood, NJ and a brother-in-law Alfred Steiger of Olean. Friends will be received on Sunday from 3-6pm at the Casey, Halwig & Hartle Funeral Home 3128 W. State Rd. Olean. Funeral services will be held Monday (November 9, 2015) beginning with a prayer service at 9:30am in the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00am at St. Mary of the Angels Church. Rev. Gregory Dobson, pastor, will be the celebrant. Burial will be in St. Bonaventure Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Mary of the Angels Church, 202 S. Union St. Olean, NY 14760 or to St. Aloysius Church, 921 2nd St. NE, Hickory, NC 28601. Online condolences may be expressed at oleanfuneralhome.com.