Isobel Winnifred Keathley Harwell (Izzy, Iso)

Born April 19, 1918 in Tampa, FL, Died December 15, 2010
Married Edward Merkel Harwell on August 25, 1939

Izzy as an infant, 1918

 

Martha, Edie and Izzy, about 1920


Aunt Elsie with Edie, Martha and Iso, about 1922

Posing between Edie and Mart with Bud in the background

Iso at 13

Iso as a model at Maas Brothers,
in the late 30's


Iso, Mart and Edie with the dog (of course) at 500, in the late 1930's


Iso in Houston, about 1965

 

With Bud and Jack and a couple of beers,
July 4, 1976, Key Biscayne

 

Iso in the 90's

 

Vacation is over: leaving Santee,
Robert, Donna, Bud, Edie, Martha and Iso



She dreamed about dancing with
Tim so when he came home
from Alaska, she did! Winter 2000

 

At Tim's graduation with Susan, Mandy, Tim and Emily, Red Wing, Minnesoooooota, 2001

Link to the Scattering of her Ashes

Memories of Iso
by Susan Adger

Well, since she is my mother, I have LOTS of memories of Iso, but one of my favorites is when Rick and I were little, she would tell us stories about her childhood, about running through the blossoms that fell from the landlady's tree - when they lived on Washington Street in downtown Tampa.

After I was grown, we found a diary she had kept when she was probably 18 or 19, when she'd go to dinner with one guy, then come home and go to a movie with another one, then come home and go out with ANOTHER ONE! And I'm sure all the Keathley girls did just the same. And she still says she thinks of herself as shy and retiring as a young woman! We know better.

It's my guess that she and her sisters ran the boys a merry chase!

Izzy with big sister Martha, about 1920

 

Easter, 1922
Iso, Edie and Mart, with a friend behind them

Izzy as an infant, 1918

 

Martha, Edie and Izzy, about 1920


Aunt Elsie with Edie, Martha and Iso, about 1922

 

Iso graduates from University of Miami
Magna Cum Laude, 1972

 

Holding Tiny Tim, July 4, 1976

 

Looking something up
for the Crossword Puzzle, of course

 

Out on the water

 

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The Keathley/Riley/Harwells at Andy's house in Sarasota some Thanksgiving Day in the late 90's:

(l-r) Bud, Margie, A.J., Kevin, Rick, Chris, John Paul Young, Emily, Iso, Andy, Ruth, Jenny, Mike, Mandy, Susan, Kelly Pratt, J.D. Christopher and Mike Pratt, Jo Ann, Ann, Margie, Kay Brewer, Jacky and Jerry (I think I got them all right!!)

 

Iso raking leaves 18 hours a day, as usual

 

Appreciating the scenery in Minnesota, 2001


Iso, Mandy, Jen, and Emily, Thanksgiving, 2003

 

 

 

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