Services are Monday, April 17 at The Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Haddonfield.
On April 7, Betty Jean (Moyer) Keene, age 90, of Haddonfield, passed away.
Keene’s family will receive friends on Monday, April 17 from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at The Lutheran Church of Our Savior on 204 Wayne Ave in Haddonfield. Her service of remembrance will follow at noon. Interment immediately following at Colestown Cemetery.
She was born and grew up in Collegeville PA to the late Robert K. and Ella (Hauseman) Moyer. Keene was a 1945 graduate of Collegeville/Trappe High School and Ursinus College in 1949 where she was a standout athlete in field hockey, basketball and softball.
She was a Physical Education major and pursued a career in teaching at various schools including Holy Savior in Westmont and Triton High School in Runnemede.
Keene left her lasting mark at Audubon where she also met her husband of 49 years, the late George L. Keene. It was at Audubon that she began the girls’ softball program in 1950 as well as coached the field hockey, basketball, and softball teams to outstanding records.
She left after only seven years taught a couple years at Triton then left all together to raise her family. She returned to Audubon in the late seventies to begin a winning tradition once again this time in field hockey and the start of the girls track program. She was honored by the South Jersey Fast Pitch Hall of Fame, Ursinus College Hall of Fame and the NJSCA Hall of Fame. The track and field complex at Audubon High School was co-named after her.
Keene’s first love was George and her family. A devoted mother, sister, aunt, and “mom-mom,” she always put family first. Always by her side was her husband George with whom she enjoyed tennis, golf, swimming and traveling for years together. She is preceded in death by her brothers Robert, Ken, George, Stanley and sisters Josephine, Catherine Clawson, and Dorothy Miller. She is survived by her son Scott of Moorestown, daughter Bonnie (Paul) Horner of Tabernacle, four grandchildren Matthew, Jeffrey and Julie Horner and Tara Bolger, her brother James and the many nieces, nephews, and friends she loved.
In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations in Keene’s memory to any youth sports program of the donor’s choice, the Salvation Army or the National Marine Corps Heritage Museum using www.inmemoryof-memorial.org.