Nurse and hotel school ambassador dies at 70
Jean Mary Moss Keller died on July 16, 2007 after a five year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Jean was born on October 23, 1936 in Hamilton, Bermuda to Charles and Dorothy Moss. She enjoyed a Bermuda childhood and obtained her B.S. in Nursing from Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.
Jean met her husband Harry Robert Keller, a US Naval Officer stationed in Bermuda and they married on September 8, 1960.
They travelled extensively during their marriage to numerous military installations around the world and raised three children.
During Harry’s second career as Director of Alumni Affairs for the Cornell Hotel School in Ithaca, New York, Jean acted as Ambassador for the Hotel School and enjoyed many more years of travel during her interactions with Cornell alumni.
Jean retired with her husband to Tucson and enjoyed an active life at Saddlebrook with tennis being her passion as both a spectator and player.
Jean Mary Moss Keller is survived by husband Harry, her three children Jim, Patricia and Bridget and five grandchildren Patrick, Christopher, Tristen, Austin and Allison.
The family has requested that donations be sent in Jean’s name to Casa de la Luz Hospice Foundation since this organisation made Jean’s last days so comfortable and restful.
The Foundation’s address is 5830 North Fountains Avenue, Building #2, Tucson, Arizona 85704
She will be missed by all who knew her.
