William J McKeown
Kentucky Post, Friday, 17 August 1951, page 1
William J (Tug) McKeown, 71, Newport city license inspector since
1938, died suddenly at his home late Thursday. Mr. McKeown, who lived at 813
Dayton street, suffered a heart attack. A veteran of the Spanish American War,
Mr. McKeown was a member of Capt A M Wetherill Spanish American War Veterans
Camp. He also was a member of the Holy Name Society of Immaculate Conception
Church.
McKeown leaves his widow, Margaret Tobin McKeown, two brothers, Hugh J, Davenport Fla. and frank J of Chicago; and two sisters, Mrs. Stella Forgerty, Covington and Mrs. John Mall, Paterson, N J. A number of nieces and nephews also survive. Mr. McKeown, a life long resident of Newport, had been active in Democratic political affairs for 50 years.
Services will be held Monday with prayers at 9:30 am from the William J Betz funeral home, Newport and Requiem High Mass at 10 am at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial will be in St Stephen Cemetery.