David Kelso

RICHLAND, Wash. - Former Butte resident David Kelso, 50, died in a single-car accident Sept. 5 in Richland, Wash.
Services are under the direction of Schooler Funeral Home of Amarillo, Texas.
Survivors include his two sons, Bradley Kelso, a medic training for the U.S. Army, and Shaun Kelso, a freshman at Butte High School; his father and stepmother, Charles and Eileen of Amarillo, Texas; two aunts, Gwen Reynolds and her family and Lynn Johnson and her family, all of Lubbock, Texas; and his former wife and friend Linnea Vasecka of Butte.
David was born Sept. 8, 1957, in Amarillo, Texas, to Mary and Charles Kelso. He graduated from Amarillo High School and then from Northwest Texas Nursing School with his RN certification. He received a bachelor's degree from Corpus Christi College and then received his master's and doctorate in philosophy.
He worked as director of surgical services at Great Falls and Butte hospitals. He also volunteered with the Search and Rescue program with his two dogs, Casper and Lakota, who died with him in the accident.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary, in 1996.
The family suggests memorials to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312; or US K9 Academy, The DOGWISH Foundation, Inc., 8725 Cedar St., Phelan, CA 92371.
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