Benefit for Gwen Keeley a success

Benefit for Gwen Keeley a success

Tim Leeds

The organizers of a benefit to help pay the expenses of Gwen Keeley, who had a liver transplant last month, said, despite inclement weather, Saturday's fundraiser was a success.

"We were really pleased with the turnout and grateful with the final result, " Terry Lilletvedt, who works with Keeley at Independence Bank, said this morning.

Lilletvedt said that more than 200 people came to the benefit, with sales of dinners and raffle tickets coming to more than $4,000 Saturday. That brought the total of the fundraiser to more than $6,000.

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