Thursday, February 26, 2009

Roger Keller a member of the 1011th Army unit passes away after a battle with cancer.

Roger Wesley Keller was born in Reading, Ks. on December 25, 1943. He passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, in Emporia.


He married Selma Thompson in 1964. They had two daughters, Sandy Dorsey and Roxie Sneath.

Roger served with the 1011th Service and Supply Co in Bearcat, Vietnam in 1968- 69.

He worked for 32 years for Cities Service Gas Company and Williams Pipeline out of the Americus, Ks. area. Roger had been retired for 10 years.

Roger's funeral service will be held at the Saffordville, Kansas, United Methodist Church at 1 PM Saturday, and he will be buried at the Cottonwood Cemetery, West of Emporia. There will be a full military burial at the cemetery.

A memorial for Roger has been established at the Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post 1980. Memorials can be sent to the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home at PO Box 175, Emporia, Kansas, 66801

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