She was born on March 15, 1931, in Buckfield, the daughter of Kenneth and Ethel (Ward) Keene.  Velma grew up on a farm in Monmouth, Maine. It was here that she learned the value of hard work.

HARTLAND (WGME) -- The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta has ruled the death of a 78-year-old Hartland woman a homicide. Police say the body of 78-year-old Velma Withee of Hartland ...