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- Ralph Keller
Ralph Keller, 78, who owned a lumber company in Ottumwa, Iowa, before moving to Phoenix in 1963, died May 16, 1980, in a Valley hospital.
Mr. Keller, 1816 W. Lincoln, is survived by children, Beula Jean Olson, Erma Hassen, Dorothy Davis, Duane and Donald; stepson, Basil Moore; a sister; four brothers; 17 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Shadow Mountain Mortuary, Greenway and Cave Creek roads.
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona. Saturday 17 May 1980.
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- Obituary From “Ottumwa Courier," May 19, 1980:
Formerly Ottumwan Ralph S. Keller, 78, of Phoenix, Ariz., died May 16 at 3:20 a.m. in a Phoenix hospital.
He was born Sept. 3, 1901, in Jefferson County to Jule and Maggie Liblin Keller. He was the retired owner and operator of the former Keller Lumber Co. in Ottumwa. He had lived in Phoenix since 1963.
Survivors: sons Duane in California and Donald of Phoenix, Ariz.; a stepson, Basil Moore in Kansas; daughters, Beula Olson of Granada Hills, Calif., Erma Hassen of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dorothy Davis of Phoenix, Ariz.; 17 grandchildren and a great-grandchild; brothers, Marshall and Russell of Fairfield, James of Des Moines and Earl of Cantril; and a sister, Macel Brereton of Keosauqua.
His first wife, Gertrude, died in 1940 and his second wife, Opal, died in 1950.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Al Safford of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial: Shaul Cemetery.
Visitation: after noon on Tuesday.
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