. >> deede's best friends, mortgage executive cindy ertman and real estate sales partner linda dondero. >> she was good at her job? >> i loved working with deede. everybody did. >> she was just so easy to like and always wanted the best for everybody. and her clients were very loyal over the years. >> deede was loyal too. not only to her clients but as a divorced mom to her children, mike and julie. >> i remember my mom explaining to me when i was about 10 years old that as you get older we're probably not going to be as close or you won't like me quite as much. and it never happened. if anything, we just got closer. >> but deede keller had a heart problem. not literally. it may have been a little too big. she loved without limits. and she simply hated to disappoint or let anyone down. she loved dogs so much she literally couldn't say no to another one. she was surrounded by them at home. >> i always joked that as soon as i graduated college that's when she started, you know, replacing us with dogs. you know, she never stopped being a mom. >> and she never stopped sort of loving everyb