A funeral service for Marguerite Ellen Keyser, age 87, of Broken Arrow, formerly of Enid, will be at 1:00 P.M. Monday, May 7, 2007, at the First United Methodist Church Chapel, with Rev. David Wiggs officiating.  Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery in Perry, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

            She was born to Gerald S. and Beulah (Strangs) Dowdy on Feb. 9, 1920 in Leedey, OK, and died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa.

            Marguerite grew up in Oklahoma, and graduated from Central State University with a Masters Degree.  She married Perry Irving Keyser on August 3, 1940.  She was an Elementary Teacher at several schools in Oklahoma, and moved to Enid in 1969.   She retired from Ringwood Schools in 1982.  She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Enid, Methodist Women and Retired Teachers Association.  In September 2004, she moved to Broken Arrow.

            She is survived by two sons, Mike Keyser and partner Larry Thompson of McKinney, TX, and Perry Keyser, Jr. and wife Peggy of Okmulgee;  three grandchildren, Suzanne Keyser of Enid, Kristie Ann Keyser and Mark Allen Keyser, both of Tulsa; sister Betty Jo Kennedy of Wanatchee, WA; sister-in-law Helen Keyser Morrison of Perry; nephew David Dowdy and wife Freddi of Guthrie; niece Sherlia Larson and husband Cliff of Wanatchee, WA

            Marguerite was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Gerald & Beulah Dowdy; husband Perry in 1981; and two brothers, Rev. Dr. John Dowdy and Dr. Gerald Dowdy.

            Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation – Alzheimer’s Division or The Enid Symphony.