Bil-Keane-Obituary

Bil Keane

Age 89

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AGE
89
CHARITY
American Heart Association

Obituaries

Bil Keane, who started drawing the one-panel cartoon featuring Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. and their parents in February 1960, died Tuesday at age 89. His comic strip is featured in nearly 1,500 newspapers across the country.

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Rest Bil, until you hear at dawn,
the low, clear reveille of God.

Thank you for your service to this nation.

To The Keane Family, with our deepest

condolence.

John 11: 1-44

My favorite comic of all time. It filled me with such a warm feeling. I was smiling before I read it. I related the happenings to our own family and smiled, smiled smiled! Thanks so much. Condolances to the family and thanks for sharing him!

What a great & inspiring man this man has been throughout the years. My thoughts & prayers go out to his family. His wife & children were blessed to have Bill within their lives & thank you for sharing him with us all.

Wanted to thank Bil Keane for all his Sunday cartoons I read on Sundays' on AZ Republic. I looked forward to it each and every Sunday. He will be missed.

To the family of Mr. Keane, my heart goes out to you. My husband and I were so sad to hear of his passing. We looked for and read his comic strip every day for years as we had our morning coffee before heading to work. We loved it and it always brought a smile to our faces. The drawings were so cute and funny. This week we got the news of his passing and our paper said there would be no more publication. That made us very sad. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We never got to...

Best cartoon by far. Thanks for the memories Bill. You were truly a class act.

In Christ,

As far back as I can remember, Bil's Family Circus was my most checked out books at the Phoenix Public Library when it was on McDowell and Central Ave now where the Phoenix Art Musuem stands. As a teenager, I began collecting the books and today, at 28, I am just a few books shy of the entire collection. I cherish Bil and his work. His family values and the fact that he was living in PV, Arizona, made me feel connected to him and his family. I am very sad at the passing of Bil and will...

In July 1992, I was on a plane from Washington to Phoenix, when I noticed a gentleman sitting across the aisle from me drawing on many small squares of paper. Immediately recognizing the images, I asked if he were the cartoonist of The Family Circus…, and he said yes!! I asked him to draw one square dedicated to the Graham Family. He was so cordial and agreed at once, and I was so happy that he did so. My eldest son took the cartoon and had it framed for us! It has been on the wall and a...