Carla E. (Emerton) Davis Keeler, 88, of Nashua, wife of Ernest A. Keeler, passed away Friday afternoon, June 12, 2020 at Greenbriar Healthcare after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Keeler was born in Blue Hill, Maine on March 6, 1932, a daughter of the late Somes D. and Beulah (Gray) Emerton. Carla was raised and educated in Blue Hill and has made her home in Nashua for a number of years. She worked as a waitress at the former Tavern Hotel and was a Bar Tender at The Loyal Order of Moose Lodge. Carla was also employed at Brockway Plastics in Nashua for eighteen years.
Carla enjoyed traveling with her husband Ernie to New York City, Atlanta, GA and to Phoenix, AZ to visit her brother and his wife. She loved being around her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Her oldest daughter, Karen Cyr’s family gave her Five Generations, all girls.
Members of her family include her husband Ernie, whom she married on March 5, 1984 at Greeley Park in Nashua; her children, Karen (Davis) Wakefield Cyr, Roy B. Davis and his wife Tammie of South Carolina, Debora (Davis) Ouellette and Jeffery M. Davis all of Nashua; a step-daughter, Patti Fitzgerald Brown of Minnesota; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; sister and brother-in-law, Fern and Drucela Leach; also nieces nephews and cousins. In addition to her parents, Carla was also predeceased by her daughter, Lisa Jean Dube; two brothers, Harry S. Emerton and his wife Lillian, and Benjamin Emerton; and a sister, Wilma (Emerton) Popovich and her husband Fred.
A period of visitation will be held at the FARWELL FUNERAL HOME, 18 Lock Street, Nashua on Thursday, June 18th from 1 to 2 p.m. A graveside service will take place at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen at a later date. Donations may be made in her memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, 166 South River Road, #210, Bedford, NH 03110. Arrangements are in the care of the FARWELL FUNERAL SERVICE. www.farwellfuneralservice.com
