Alesa Lynn Steinbrook, (aka Alesa Harrison, Alesa Lynn Keels), 76 yrs. old, born June 30th 1946, passed away Friday April 28, 2023 in her home, surrounded by her children, close friends and family.
Alesa was a beloved mother of Natalie (Mark) Kraemer, Melanie (Michael) Vance, Kyle (Kimberly) Harrison, Sister, to Emily Allison, and brothers, Gary (Frances) Keels, Eldon Keels, Elmer (Anna) Keels, Marvin Keels, Sister-in- Law to, Sharon Keels, Joyce Keels, Aunt Alesa to many nieces and nephews, and a grandmother of 3, she was preceded in death by bothers Hollis Keels, Clifford Keels and Denise Keels. Alesa shared many lifelong friendships and will be dearly missed, but remember for her tenacity, her strength and her kindness. She loved her three children and spent her lifetime being a loving mother, a loyal friend and good neighbor. She was a hard, dependable worker, who worked diligently and loyally in only four business over her working career from 1964-2016.
Alesa was a reader and a puzzle wiz, she loved to read at night, she shared her love for a good book or a challenging puzzle with many she knew. If someone saw an impossible puzzle they enjoyed bringing it to her to see how fast she would put it together. She loved to share things she learned or knew would help others. She often saw her challenges as a way God may use her to help someone else. She had a passionate dislike for creepy crawler’s especially lizards. She loved to feed the birds and yelled often at the squirrels as they ate healthfully from her bird feeders. Her favorite was the humming bird and she has several feeders out to enjoy them hum and flutter around. She even had a relationship with a mocking bird that often met her at the shrub, to try and determine whose home it really was. Another gift she had was, she could grow anything, from seed to seedling, plant or tree, she had the touch. Her sun porch was dawned with beautiful plants at all times.
ALESA, MOM, SISTER AND FRIEND WILL BE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS!
A Celebration of her life will be held 3 P.M. Saturday May 6, 2023, at Grace Bible Baptist Church, 1703
Lewis Rd, Leesburg, FL 34748.
Flowers are welcomed, donations may be made to Cornerstone Hospice at https://cornerstonehospice.org/
