OBIT: Wallace Burch KEIM, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA

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WALLACE B. KEIM

  Wallace B. Keim, prominent businessman and state lawmaker of Nampa, Idaho, 
died Thursday afternoon, Feb. 26, in a hospital in his home town Nampa, after 
several months' illness.  He was one of the seven sons of Howard H. Keim, native 
of Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pa., and resident of Salisbury, Pa., 
during most of his boyhood and young manhood.
  Wallace Burch Keim was born March 1, 1895, on the Keim family homestead at 
Lagoda, Indiana, the third son of Howard H. and Emma (Harshbarger) Keim.  They 
resided there until 1910 when the family moved to Newberg, Ore.  Two years 
later, they moved to Bachelor's Island in the Columbia River near Vancouver, 
Wash., where Wallace completed high school, participating in football, 
basketball and track.
  In 1916, Wallace entered Manchester College at North Manchester, Ind.  His 
schooling was interrupted by the call to serve in World War I as a cavalryman.  
At the close of the war, he was in an army officers training school at Camp 
Stanley, Tex., and was honorably discharged in December, 1918.
  For some years, he was associated with his older brother, William, in the 
retail meat business, under the firm name of Cold Storage Market, in Nampa.  For 
15 years, he managed that business.
  About 10 years ago, the market was sold and the Keim family concentrated on 
its packing and wholesale meat business with Wallace as superintendent of 
production.  At the time of his death, he was executive vice president of the H. 
H. Keim Company, Nampa, an office he had held since its incorporation in 1925.
  Wallace Keim's public services were numerous.  He served as post commander and 
district commander of the American Legion and, at the time of his death, he was 
a member of the post executive committee.
  He was, for eight years, a member of the city council and, at the time of his 
death, he was serving his third term as a member of the Idaho state house of 
representatives.  He had also been a delegate to the Republican state 
conventions.  His favorite recreations were hunting and fishing.
  Attending him in his illness were a brother, Rev. H. H. Keim, Jr., of Eldora, 
Iowa, and a sister, Mrs. Annie Keim of North Manchester, Ind.  Other survivors 
are his wife, the former Edna Rowland, to whom he was married Jan. 30, 1921; his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Keim, Sr.; a daughter, Jan, and a son, Peter, all of 
Nampa; three other brothers, Commander Silas A. Keim, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, 
Weeksville, N.C., Richard V. and Stanley B. Keim with whom he was associated in 
business, both of Nampa, and a sister, Esther, wife of Dr. D. Stanley Houser, 
North Liberty, Ind.
  Those who were with Wallace in his extended illness marveled at his courage 
and cheerfulness when he knew his recovery was extremely doubtful.  He laughed 
and joked with doctors and nurses until the day before his death.

Meyersdale Republican, March 11, 1948