OBIT: Robert M. KEITH, 2004, Bellwood, Blair County, PA

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ROBERT M. KEITH 

  Robert M. Keith, 75, of 715 E. 9th St., Bellwood, died Monday, May 
17, 2004 at his residence.
  He was born January 18, 1929 in Barree, a son of Melvin James and 
Lillian Marie (Carper) Keith. On June 14, 1952 in Tyrone he married 
Helen L. Warrender. She died April 19, 2004.
  Surviving are two sons, James W. and wife Debbie of Ivyland, PA, 
Robert G. and wife Diane of Atlanta, GA, two daughters, Ruth Marie 
Kirkpatrick and Judith Ann Campbell both of Tyrone, nine grandchildren, 
Jenna, Miles, Madeline, Bailey and Skylar Keith, Jill Richards, Barbara 
Snyder, Kathy Henderson and Robert Orr and seven great-grandchildren. 
He was the last of his immediate family.
  Mr. Keith retired in 1968 from the U.S. Air Force as a Chief Master 
Sergeant following 20 years service. He was a veteran of WWII, Korean 
War and the Vietnam War with service as a meteorologist with the U.S. 
Weather Service. Following his military career, he and his wife owned 
and operated a ceramics business in Grazierville for 11 years.
  He was a member of the Tyrone Elks, Howard Gardner American Legion, 
Anderson-Denny VFW and the Air Force Sergeant Association, Washington, 
D.C.
  Funeral services with veteran's honors will be held Wednesday, May 
19, 2004 at 2 p.m. at Feller Memorial Home with Pastor Roy Garthwaite 
officiating. Interment will be at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, 
Annville. Friends will be received at the funeral home on Wednesday 
from 1 p.m. until the time of services.  

Tyrone Daily Herald, May 18, 2004