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December 2, 1999 

James Franklin Keefer 
  James Franklin Keefer, 74, a member of University United Methodist Church in 
College Park and Hyattsville resident, died Nov. 9. 
  Mr. Keefer was born Sept. 5, 1925, in Carroll County. 
  He graduated from Mt. Airy High School in Mt. Airy and matriculated into the 
University of Maryland, where he received a bachelor's of science degree in 
agriculture in 1953. Mr. Keefer also received a master's degree in agricultural 
economics and eventually completed coursework for a doctorate in economics. 
  From 1953 to 1955, Mr. Keefer served in the Air Force. He later joined the 
Reserves and retired as a colonel. 
  While serving in the Reserves, he also had a career as an international 
economist at the Department of Agriculture with the Foreign Agriculture Service 
Branch, where he served in the distribution of food to underdeveloped countries. 
He traveled extensively in this service to numerous countries, including Africa, 
Asia and most recently, Russia. 
  Mr. Keefer was also a member of several organizations, including the National 
Association of Retired Federal Employees; Reserve Officers Association; 
Sojourners, a military Masonic organization; and the National Economist Club. He 
was a member of University United Methodist Church in College Park. 
  Mr. Keefer and his wife, Mary, were married in 1953 at the University of 
Maryland chapel in College Park. In addition to his wife, survivors include his 
two children, James F. Keefer Jr. of Lebanon, N.J., and Kimberly Keefer Nugent 
of University Park; and two grandchildren, Andrew James, 6, and Caroline Mairead 
Nugent, 5. 
  Services were held Nov. 12 by Gasch's Funeral Home in Hyattsville. The 
interment service was held at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery in 
Winfield in Carroll County. 
  Donations may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 
992, College Park, Md. 20741. 
-- Sherice L. Shields