Keith E. Mixter

MIXTER Keith E. Mixter, Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University, age 87, died Friday, October 23, 2009 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. He joined the OSU faculty in 1961 and served for thirty years as a professor in the Music History Division of the School of Music. He was a violinist, trombonist, pianist, and organist, and a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Musicological Society and the Music Library Association. He was a leader in graduate education in the School of Music, and served as Chairman of Graduate Studies. He also taught at Michigan State University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Colorado. He attended Michigan State University (B.A. 1948), the University of Basel, Switzerland, the University of Chicago (M.A. 1951), and the University of North Carolina (Ph.D. 1961). During WWII, he served our country in the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations, and was honorably discharged in 1946. Preceded in death by his parents H. Leigh and Thelma Mixter and his sister Patricia Rohrbach. Beloved husband of 59 years to Beatrice Mary Ruf Mixter; beloved father and father-in-law of Christian Mixter and Linna Barnes, MD, Constance and Stephen Caruso, OH, Thomas and Sherri Mixter, OH, and Stephen and Lisa Mixter, OH; and beloved grandfather of Sara, Laura, Jeffrey, Amy, and Amanda. Friends may call, Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. at the NOVAK FUNERAL HOME, 4476 N. High St. (two blocks north of Henderson Rd.), 268-8811. His funeral service will be Wednesday, 1 p.m. at Christ Church Anglican, 43 West Fourth Avenue, Columbus. In lieu of flowers, please may donations in Keith's memory to Christ Church Anglican or to The Fund for Animals, 200 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. On line condolences to: www.novakfuneralhome.com