Keeler, Myra Summers, 1899-1986

Dates

• Existence: July 26, 1899 - May 13, 1986

Biography

Myra Cochran Summers was born to William C. Summers and Belle Cochran Summers on July 26, 1899, in Eureka, Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas [KU] and graduated from KU in 1918.

While at KU, Myra was a member of the XI chapter of Sigma Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa honor society. After graduating, she worked as a music teacher at Linwood Common School and for the Ottawa School District.

She married Walter “Walt” Keeler, a classmate from KU in 1923. Walt Keeler later owned Keeler’s bookstore located at 939 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas. They had one daughter together, Anabel Keeler.

Myra Cochran Summers Keeler died May 13, 1986. Walter Keeler died October 3, 1977. Anabel Keeler Hart died October 4, 1982.

[Information taken from Myra Summers Keeler’s obituary and collection materials.]