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Bismarck Tribune (October 23, 2010)
Gordon Stanley Keller, 79, Bismarck, passed away Oct. 21, 2010, after a lengthy battle with cancer. A Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at the Bismarck Funeral Home. Burial will be at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.
Gordon was born Oct. 22, 1930, in Killdeer, to Edward and Edna (Heihn) Keller. The family lived in the Killdeer area for a time until moving to Beulah. After school, Gordon joined the North Dakota National Guard and in 1951 was called to active duty and sent to Korea. Gordon served as a Light Weapons Infantry Leader while assigned to the 19th Infantry Regiment. Gordon earned the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantry Badge, Korean Service Medal with two Bronze campaign stars and the UN Service Medal. He was a life member of VFW Post 1326 and American Legion Post 90. After his service, Gordon returned to North Dakota and married Daphne Broeckel on July 14, 1956. They made their home in Bismarck.
Gordon went to school and became an electrician and worked for numerous electrical companies in the area. Gordon was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 714 for over 50 years. Gordon worked in many of the power plants and in 1974 moved his family to Center. They lived in Center until poor health forced them to move to Bismarck in 2007. Daphne passed away in November 2007. Gordon moved into the Elm Crest Nursing home in May of 2010.
Gordon loved the outdoors, especially fishing and deer hunting.
Gordon is survived by his sons, Wallace (Becky), Bismarck, and Mark ( Michelle), Bismarck; and daughter, Patsy Riley, Washington; five brothers; two sisters; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Gordon was preceded in death by his wife, Daphne; his daughter, Lynne; his parents, Edward and Edna; three brothers, Wallace, Edwin and Douglas; and one grandson, Christopher. (Bismarck Funeral Home, Bismarck)
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