Imperial-Riverside County CA Archives Biographies.....Kellerstraus, Roy 1886 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 22, 2006, 9:30 pm Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918) ROY KELLERSTRAUS.—One of the prominent and influential citizens of Imperial County is Roy Kellerstraus, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Kellerstraus is the distributor throughout the Valley for the Sperry Flour Company and has acted in this capacity since 1915. Mr. Kellerstraus came to Imperial County during May, 1913, and was born at Peoria, Illinois, February 19, 1886, a son of Richard and Susan (Race) Kellerstraus. The father of Mr. Kellerstraus died when the subject of this review was but a boy. The mother is at present residing in Peoria. Mr. Kellerstraus received his education in the public schools of Peoria and graduated from high school in 1904. He then secured employment with Block & Kuhl, department store owners in Peoria, where he remained for three and one-half years. Later Mr. Kellerstraus came to Riverside County, where he took charge of a twenty-acre orange ranch for his stepfather, T. W. Hill, in which capacity he worked for two years. For six months he was connected with a reclamation company in the Mojave Desert. Returning east to Peoria, Mr. Kellerstraus again affiliated his interests with those of his stepfather and acted as a salesman in the wholesale fruit and produce business for two years. From Peoria Mr. Kellerstraus came to Imperial County, and upon his arrival in the Valley engaged with R. R. Snow in the poultry business, acting as buyer. During this period he was secretary of the Imperial Valley Bee Keepers' Association, which position he resigned for the purpose of establishing himself in the business of producing and buying for the honey market. At present Mr. Kellerstraus continues to carry on this undertaking, acting as the largest individual shipper of honey in the Valley. Politically Mr. Kellerstraus votes for the best man. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, Pythian Sisters and Independent Order of Foresters. He was married at Calexico, February 19, 1914, to Miss Sophie Crawford, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Crawford. Mr. Crawford is a rancher near Calexico. As the result of this union two children have been born: Virginia Lee, died in infancy, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery; and Mary Ann, born in El Centro. Additional Comments: From: THE HISTORY OF IMPERIAL COUNTY CALIFORNIA EDITED BY F. C. FARR IN ONE VOLUME ILLUSTRATED Published by ELMS AND FRANKS BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918 Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/imperial/bios/kellerst842nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb