ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: INGRAM, LT. COL. KEITH STUYVESANT, JR. (RET. USMC)

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Honaker Funeral Home, Slidell, La.

Died: Thursday, January 29, 2015

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INGRAM, LT. COL. KEITH STUYVESANT, JR. (RET. USMC)
January 29, 2015

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Keith Stuyvesant Ingram, Jr. passed away peacefully in Slidell, Louisiana on 
January 29, 2015. 
He was 87 years old.

Mr. Ingram was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, the son on Keith Stuyvesant 
Ingram, Sr. and Dorothy Landrum Ingram, each of whom preceded him in death. 
He was the husband of Margaret “Wendy” Bender Ingram, who also preceded him in 
death, and is survived by four children, Troy (fiancé, Ann Farmer), Bay 
(Kristin), Reed and Tara Hunter. He also is survived by six grandchildren, 
Christian, Reese, Hayden, Gabriel, Zachary and Hunter Ingram, as well as a 
cousin, Max Hosfelt.

Mr. Ingram graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in civil 
engineering and subsequently graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps Officer 
Candidate School. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps 
Reserve in 1981.

An avid swimmer and scuba diver, Mr. Ingram partnered with a Marine Corps 
friend, Robert Marx, and was credited with first finding the Union ironclad 
warship, U.S.S. Monitor, which became famous for its battle with the 
Confederate warship, the Merrimac, in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862. 
Following the conclusion of the Civil War, the Monitor was lost at sea while in 
tow, but later was discovered by Ingram and Marx off the coast of Cape Hatteras 
in 1955.

Mr. Ingram began work for the Boeing Company in Florida in the late fifties and 
sixties on the Saturn booster project, during the formative years of the Gemini 
and Apollo space programs. He then began work for the City of New Orleans as a 
member of the Chief Administrative Office in Victor Schiro’s administration. In 
1974 he became the first Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Slidell 
during the administration of Mayor Frank Cusimano and also served as CAO during 
Mayor Webb Hart’s administration. He retired from the City of Slidell to become 
a private consultant.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, February 6, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at 
Christ Episcopal Church, 1534 Seventh Street, Slidell, Louisiana. Friends and 
family are invited to attend the service, with visitation beginning at 9:00 
a.m. until 11:00 a.m. 

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to St. Jude 
Children’s Research Hospital

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