Elizabeth Ann Keen, born June 8, 1927 in her San Marino, California home to the late Ina and Charles Keen, passed away at age 91 on October 29, 2018 in Mesa, Arizona. As a young girl she attended boarding school in La Canada/Flintridge and Waterflow, New Mexico. She graduated from South Pasadena/San Marino High School in 1945 and California State University Los Angeles. 

Elizabeth was in the city government industry at the City of Alhambra as a Human Resources Supervisor until retiring in 1985. She was the beloved partner of the late Luther Taylor and the former wife of Paul McComack. She was preceded in death by her brother, Stuart Keen (SPHS '43). She is survived by her daughters, Carrie Bond and Michele Bond-Docherty; granddaughter Meleane Havili-Gardner and nieces and nephews.

Prior to moving to Arizona to be near family, she lived in Spirit Lake, Idaho and northern New Mexico. Elizabeth taught and coached synchronized swimming and had several teams over the course of her 30+ year career. She was most proud of the team she started in the 1980s. That team became the Unsynchables and currently continues to be the largest competitive team in the United States. Besides synchronized swimming, her other hobbies included Masters competitive swimming, historical research, genealogy, collecting Native American art and camping in the Southwest. She was a committee member of the Spirit Lake Historical Society, a volunteer firefighter for the Lobo Canyon Fire Department in New Mexico and volunteer for the American Red Cross for 50 years.

Pasadena Star-News, November 28, 2018