OBIT: John Charles KEISTER, 1985, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN C. KEISTER
  
    John Charles Keister, 77, Jacksonville, Fla., died Saturday, July
  20,1985, at his residence.
    Born in Oldtown, Md., he was a son of the late Charles Keister and Mary
  (Kitabaugh) Keister.
    He was employed as an electrician and also worked for the Baltimore and
  Ohio Railroad.
    He is survived by his widow, the former Viola Skidmore; three sons, John
  Keister, Plantation, Fla.; Donald Keister, Jacksonville, Fla.; Roy Keister,
  Tallahassee, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Jean Stephens, Meyersdale; Mrs.
  Shirley Kollegin, Homestead, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Dora Crabtree, Oldtown,
  Md.; one brother, Russell Keister, Rockville, Md.; 22 grandchildren and 14
  great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received a. the Sowers Funeral Home, Frostburg, Md., where
  services were conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. George L. Wehler
  officiating.  Interment, Sunset Memorial Park.
    Pallbearers were Kenneth Pollack, Fred Keister, Samuel Keister, Ronald
  Keister, Roger Stephens, Royce Douty, Royce Crabtree and James Berry.
  
  The Republic, July 25, 1985
  
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