Alma Key

1929 - 2016

Alma Key, 86, of Clifton passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at a hospital in Waco. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Clifton with the Rev. Clint Schofield officiating. Interment: Clifton Memorial Park. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Clifton Funeral Home. Memorials: Goodall-Witcher Healthcare Foundation, Bosque Museum or First Presbyterian Church of Clifton, in lieu of flowers. Born Jan. 15, 1929, in Fort Worth, Alma was the daughter of Preston M. Geren Sr. and Linda Giesecke Geren. She graduated from Paschal High School in 1947. Following graduation, she attended Texas Woman's University and then the University of Texas at Austin, graduating from UT in 1951. She was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. In Fort Worth she met and married William Frank Key Jr. in 1955. They moved to Mason, where Bill practiced medicine and Alma taught high school English. In 1956 the couple moved to Clifton, where Dr. Key joined Goodall-Witcher Hospital and Clinic. Bill and Alma raised their family in Clifton and became very active in their community. Alma had a calm, quiet way of accomplishing so much in the community over the years by countless volunteer hours for many organizations that she loved. She was seriously involved with the Hospital Auxiliary board, the Bosque Museum, the Bosque Arts Center, Clifton Civic Society, First Presbyterian Church and the Clifton schools as a room mom and PTA president. She was recognized for her dedication with the 1999 Bosque Museum Heritage Award, 2001 Woman of Distinction from the Girl Scouts and Clifton Chamber Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. Her many interests included gardening, playing bridge, reading, traveling, cooking, sewing, needlepoint, collecting art and antiques, and spending time with family in New Braunfels. Alma was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Linda Geren Nichols; and brother, Preston M. Geren Jr. Survivors: She is lovingly remembered by her husband of 60 years, Bill Key; children, Emily Key Pickell, husband, Stuart, and grandsons, Jonathan and Will of Fort Worth, and William Frank Key III and wife, Paige, of Clifton; sister-in-law, Pat Key of Fort Worth; and nieces, nephews and friends too numerous to list.