Reed S Keller

Reed Sylvester Keller Birth 21 DEC 1911 Logansport Cass, Indiana Death 19 MAY 1991 Seminole, Pinellas, Florida son of Parents Jacob "Jack" Zofarious Keller and Mae M. Reed

Reed S Keller 79 former Lafayette resident Reed S Keller 79 of Seminole Fla died May 19 in his home

Born Dec 21 1911 in Logansport he graduated from Lafayette Jefferson High School and attended Purdue and Indiana universities

He served as a city councilman in Kokomo and was Howard County assessor for 20 years retiring in 1982

He was the president of the Indiana County Assessors Association and Indiana County Officials Association

Mr Keller also was chairman of the State Assessors Association Legislative Committee and chairman of the Howard County Selective Service Committee for 20 years

He was a recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash award had been a counselor for Boy Scouts in Howard County and a sponsor of the YMCA

A World War II veteran he worked for Continental Steel Delco Ramey and the Keller Coal and Oil Co

Mr Keller was a former member of Grace United Methodist Church in Kokomo and a member of Howard Masonic Lodge 93 Scottish Rite Elks Lodge Eagles Lodge and raternal Order of Police He also was a member of United Commerical Travelers Veterans of foreign War and the American Legion

Surviving are his wife Joan L Keller of Kokomo a son Greg Keller of Orlando Fla a daughter M Kay Aleshire of Orlando and a sister Lucile Anderson of Indianapolis. - Journal and Courier Lafayette, Indiana May 30, 1991

married mar 2, 1935 Howard County, Indiana Mae Lucile Keller born Sep 26, 1911 Kokoomo Indiana d. Oct 9 1945 Burial Crown Point Cemetery Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana daughter of Harry M. Goudy and Maude Mills

married 2nd ame Joan Lee Phelps Birth 5 Jul 1921 Butler, De Kalb, Indiana, Death Date 27 May 1995 Place Pinellas, Florida, daughter of Allen Ermon Phelps and Hilda May Madden

KELLER, JOAN L., 73, of Clearwater, died Saturday (May 27, 1995) at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater.

She was born in Butler, Ind., and came here in 1989 from Kokomo, Ind., where she worked as deputy assessor for Howard County.

She was a Methodist and member of the Elks Ladies Auxiliary, Kokomo.

Survivors include a son, Greg, Newnan, Ga.; a daughter, M. Kay Aleshire, Apopka; a sister, D. Janet Litwitz, Largo; a grandson; and three great-grandchildren. E. James

Reese Funeral Home and Crematory, Seminole. - Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Floriday May 29, 1995