Wayne Keller, 93, a longtime Blairsburg area
farmer, died Friday, April 4, 2008 at the Wright
Medical Center at Clarion. Funeral services will be
held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Missionary
Alliance Church at Blairsburg, with Rev. John
Berglund officiating. Burial will be in the French
Cemetery, east of Woolstock. Visitation will be at
the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday and at the church after
11:00 a.m. Wednesday.
Wayne Arthur Keller, son of Robert and Clara
Wehrle Keller, was born March 1, 1915 on a farm
west of Alden. He attended rural schools and
graduated from Blairsburg Public School in 1936.
On January 31, 1953, he married Esther Elnora
Schnittjer at the Little Brown Church at Nashua.
The couple farmed north of Blairsburg. He had
farmed for 70 plus years and enjoyed hobbies of
fishing, hunting and growing melon.
Wayne is survived by his wife, Esther; sons,
Mel Keller of Blairsburg and Gary Keller and
wife, Debra, of Clarion; grandchildren, Amy, Emily
and Andrew Keller; many nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by sisters, Li...[more]