OBIT: Samuel W. KELLER, 1970, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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WRECK FATAL TO CITY MAN

  Injuries suffered in a collision of automobiles early Thursday 
morning on Route 22, a mile east of Mount Union, resulted in the death 
of Samuel W. Keller, 63, of 2809 Columbia Drive, in Altoona Hospital at 
11:15 p.m. yesterday, July 24, 1970.
  Death resulted from a blood clot suffered in severe head injuries, a 
fractured skull, in the accident, deputy Coroner William T. Crawford 
reported.  Mr. Keller was first removed to J. C. Blair Memorial 
Hospital, Huntingdon, then transferred to Altoona Hospital late 
Thursday morning.
  His condition was regarded as critical from the time of his admission 
and he was in the special care section of the hospital.  Two others 
injured in the accident were treated in the Huntingdon hospital.
  Stewart Miller, 69, of 820 26th St., a passenger in the Keller car, 
is reported in satisfactory condition despite multiple fractures of the 
leg, hip and pelvis, while Mrs. Valerie Booher, 28, of Mount Union RD, 
operator of the other car, was treated at the hospital and released.
  Mr. Keller was en route to Lewistown at the time of the accident and, 
in braking to avoid a car turning off the highway ahead, his coupe 
skidded across and collided head-on with the Booher Mustang.
  Mr. Keller was born in Duncansville Jan. 23, 1902, a son of Samuel A. 
and Maude (Wertz) Keller, and Nov 29, 1928, in the Duncansville 
Lutheran Church was united in marriage with Dorothy V. Mason of 
Jamestown, N.Y., by the Rev. G. B Harmon.
  Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. JoAnne David of 
Rockville, Md., and Mrs. Dottye Lu King of Murrysville, and four 
grandchildren.
  He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, of Logan Lodge, F & A M, 
Harrisburg Consistory and Jaffa Shrine, and Heidelberg Country Club. 
Mr. Keller was the founder and proprietor of Keller Motor Sales, truck 
agency at Beale Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street.
  Friends will be received in the Liebegott Funeral Home, Duncansville, 
from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., July 25, 1970

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