OBIT: Homer C. KELLER, 2008, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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   KELLER, Homer C. 09/29/08  Daily American
  
   Homer C. Keller, 83, Carlisle, died Sept. 28, 2008, in Manor-Care Health Services,
  Carlisle. Born Nov. 28, 1924, in Mostoller, a son of the late Jeremiah and Stella
  (Kimmel) Keller. Homer was married for 48 years to the late Ida (Perlik) Keller, who died
  July 17, 2000. He is survived by two daughters, Carol Linda Garman and her husband,
  Robert, Carlisle; and Leona "Chris" Gawron and her husband, Peter, Hershey; one sister,
  Lois K. Custer, Somerset; four grandchildren, Grace and Luke Gawron and Robert and Lorie
  Garman; and three great-grandsons. He was a 1943 graduate of Stony Creek Township High
  School and graduated from Tank Vehicle Mechanical School and Vale Technical Institute.
  Homer served in the U.S. Army during World War II with the 750th Tank Battalion and was
  at the "Battle of the Bulge." He also served during the Korean Conflict and retired as a
  Staff Sergeant in 1972 from the Pa. National Guard after 22 years of service. In 1983, he
  retired from Sprint Telephone after 20 years of service as a repairman. He was a life
  member of the American Legion Post 101, VFW Post 477, both of Carlisle and the National
  Rifle Association. Homer was also a member of the Gobin Guard and the National Timberwolf
  750th Tank Association. Viewing from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at Ewing Brothers Funeral
  Home, 630 S. Hanover St., Carlisle, where funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m.
  Thursday. Thomas H. Shively officiating. Burial with military honors by Cumberland County
  Honor Guard will be in Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens, Carlisle. Memorial 
  contributions can be made to the Humane Society of Harrisburg Area Inc., Sinclair &
  Eppley Roads, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Visit www.since1853.com to send a condolence.