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CLAUDE KELLER Obituary


  
CLAUDE EMORY KELLER  (Age 88)  
Of Vienna, VA passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. He was born November 7, 1925 in Larksville, PA to the late Claude E. Keller, Sr. and Blanche Powell Keller. He graduated from Larksville High School, class of 1943 and served in the U.S. Navy as an Electrician's Mate from 1943 to 1946 in the Pacific. He attended Bucknell University Junior College in Pennsylvania (now Wilkes University). He was married for 61 years to the late Patricia McHugh Keller. He was employed at General Electric in Philadelphia, PA as well as at IBM as a Building Plant Engineer in Kingston, NY, Huntsville, AL and Manassas, VA. He was an electrical engineer at IBM for over 35 years. Claude was an avid runner. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Betty Lamoreux and wife Patricia. He is survived by his two children, Claudia and her husband Bill Weston of Centreville, VA and Brian Keller of Vienna, VA; two grandchildren, Meghan Duffey of Warrenton, VA and Erin Weston of Manteo, NC; his godchild, Patricia Littleton; niece, Gail Kashulon; nephew, William Lamoreux. Also survived by numerous other nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the MONEY AND KING FUNERAL HOME, 171 West Maple Ave., Vienna, VA on Monday, March 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. Services and interment will be held in Larksville, PA. The online guestbook is available at www.moneyandking.com  

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Published by The Washington Post on Mar. 9, 2014.

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