KELLER, Dwight Eugene - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Dwight Eugene Keller, age 46, Rt 1, Kingman died at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 17 at his residence on mile east of Centennial Church. He had been in ill health for two years. He was born May 24, 1917 the son of Paul and Ada Dodson Keller Smith (?) and was married to Wahneta Allen Feb 4, 1940. He had been a resident of the Centennial community for 19 years and had worked at Harrison Steel Casting Company in Attica for 20 years. Surviving besides his wife, are his mother, Kingman; his father, Paul Keller of Williamsport; one daughter, Judith McCrory, Veedersburg, two sons, Duane and Gordon both at home; one brother, Darrel of Cayuga; three sisters, Mrs. Jane Cadman, Covington, Mrs. Cellestine Smith, Perrysville and Mrs. Twylah Roper, Beleville, Illinois. He was preceded in death by one brother, Tharrol. Private funeral service were held Thursday March 19 at 2 p.m. at the residence with Rev. Conley Roland and Rev. Leslie E. Smith! officiating. Burial in Centennial Cemetery with Bodine & Shelby in charge.

Kingman - Dwight Eugene Keller, 46, a lifetime resident of Fountain County, died at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at his home on Rt. 1 Kingman. He had been in ill health the last two years. He was a son of Paul and Ada Dotson Keller and was born near Cates May 24, 1917. He was married Feb. 4, 1940 to Wahneta Allen who survives. Also surviving are the parents, Paul Keller of Williamsport and Mrs. Ada Dotson Smith of Kingman; a daughter, Mrs. Judith McCrorry of Veedersburg; two sons, Duane and Gordon Keller, at home; a brother, Darrol Keller of Cayuga, and three sisters, Mrs. Jean Cadman of Covington, Mrs. Cellestine Smith of Perrysville and Mrs. Twyliah Roper of Bellville, Ill. He was preceded in death by a brother, Tharrol Keller. Mr. Keller had lived the last 19 years on Rt. 1 Kingman. He was employed as a welder and in the cleaning room at the Harrison Steel Casting Co. of Attica. The body was taken from the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in Covington to the residence, a mile east of Centennial, where friends may call Wednesday. Private funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the residence. Revs. Conley Rowland and Leslie E. Smith will officiate, and burial will be in Centennial Cemetery.  -- typed by Barbara B