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Obituary
George Edson Keeler,
89, of Huntington, went to be with the Lord on Saturday February 1, 2014 at
the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington. Funeral services will
be conducted at 1 pm Thursday at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Pastor Scott
Byard. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
He was born May 10, 1924 in Springfield, Mass. and raised in Bangor, Maine
by his late parents Frank and Mae Colburn Keeler. George was a devoted
husband and a loving, kind and gentle father. He never met a stranger and if
you were his friend, you were a friend for life. George was a veteran of the
US Marine Corps having received a Purple Heart during WWII and he was a
member of the American Legion Post 16 of Huntington and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. He was a fireman for the City of Huntington retiring on July
1, 1976. He designed the #10 fire station and drew the route map for that
district which still hangs in the station today. He designed and drew many
posters and advertisements over the years for the Huntington Fireman’s
Parade. For three years he was the men’s individual state figure skate
champion during his high school years in Bangor, Maine. He was an avid
hunter, fisherman and artist. George was the youngest of three children born
to his late parents and he was preceded in death by both his brother
Franklin Keeler and sister Gertrude Bussell. Survivors include his wife of
67 years Ruth V. “Butch” Keeler; two daughters and sons in law Sara (Earl)
Simmons and her husband Harry Simmons and Gena and Charles Hart all of
Huntington; grandchildren Scott (Beth) Earl, Christina (Stephen) Collins,
Brian Hart and Brett Hart; great grandchildren Mikayla, Charity and Blaine
Collins, Kole and Atina Earl and Brynlee Hart. Friends may call from 6 to 8
pm Wednesday at the Reger Funeral Home. The Huntington Fire Dept. will
provide an honor guard during visitation and conduct the Fireman’s Memorial
Bell service Thursday at the funeral home.
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