Kenneth Keller

Kenneth Rex Keller, (Lt. Col, USAF, Retired), born on June 9, 1940 in Hartford City, IN, passed away on December 24, 2019, in Garden Ridge, TX at the age of 79. He graduated from Purdue University in 1962 and obtained his Masters Degree from Indiana University in 1964. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force for 25 years as a Manpower Management Officer. He was stationed at many stateside and overseas locations including Germany and Taiwan, where he received numerous military awards and honors. Returning from a tour in Vietnam, he met his future wife, Mary Louise Neukum (also an Air Force officer) and married in 1974. Together they raised two beautiful daughters, Kathy and Kristina. He later retired from the Air Force in 1989 at Randolph AFB and settled in San Antonio, Texas. As an entrepreneur, he and his wife owned and operated three Mail Centers (packing/ shipping stores) in San Antonio for 15 years. He is preceded in death by his parents Kenneth E. and Helen Keller and his daughter Katherine Anne Keller. Kenneth is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Mary Louise, daughter Kristina Louise Zukowski (Jeffrey), and two grandchildren Grant Kenneth and Emily Katherine Zukowski. He also has numerous nieces, nephews, and other loving family members and friends. A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, January 6, 2020, 12:30pm, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, with the visitation to begin at 10:30am. Interment to follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

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