Joseph Keefe, Ex-Policeman

Joseph Keefe, Ex-Policeman Joseph A. Keefe, of 4 N. 27th st., a retired Camden police sergeant, died yesterday in Veteran's Hospital, Philadelphia. Appointed to the force in 1924, he was promoted to sergeant in 1944 and retired from the force in 1961. He was a World War I Army veteran and a member of the Police, Firemen and Park Guard League of the Sacred Heart, Philadelphia. Surviving are his wife, Ethel A.; a son, Joseph J. of Camden; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Boorse of Blackwood and a grandson. High requiem Mass will be celebrated Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph's Procathedral, 29th and Federal sts. Friends will meet at 8:30 a.m. in the Edward P. Leonard Jr. Funeral Home, 35th st. and River ave., where they may call tomorrow night. Burial will be in New St. Mary's Cemetery, Bellmawr.