Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....KEPPEL, Kenneth Eugene  September 11, 1979
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  Valley News Dispatch, Sep. 12, 1979
  KENNETH KEPPEL, PARKS TOWNSHIP     Kenneth E. (Eugene) Keppel, 52, of 
  Riverview, Parks Township, died yesterday (Sept. 11, 1979) in Allegheny Valley 
  Hospital, Natrona Heights.  Born June 18, 1927, in Parks Township, he was the 
  son of the late Frank P. and Lottie B. Keppel.  A resident of the Vandergrift 
  area all of his life, he was a rural mail carrier on the RD 1 route, 
  Vandergrift, for the Vandergrift Post Office.  During World War II he served 
  with the U.S. Navy as a pharmacist mate third class.  He was a member of the 
  Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Vandergrift, where he served on the board 
  of trustees.  He was also a member of Vandergrift Lodge IOOF, of which he was 
  a secretary; a former member of Indiana County Encampment, Canton Butler of 
  Patriachas Militant; a past district deputy of the Odd Fellow in Armstrong 
  County District No. 1; the Bertha Rebecca Lodge of Apollo; Kiskiminetas Lodge 
  F & AM of Vandergrift, and the Armstrong County Rural Letter Carriers 
  Association. 
        He is survived by his wife, Mildred Beatty Keppel, a stepdaughter, Mrs. 
  Robert (Melody) Smeltzer of Spring Church; an aunt, Mrs. Edna Keppel of 
  Shelocta; and several cousins.
       Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from2 to 4 and 7 to 
  9 p.m. in the Dunmire-Kerr Funeral Home, 244 Franklin Ave., Vandergrift, where 
  services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Robert Helfrich, his 
  pastor, in charge.
  
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