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STRASBURG - David Keller, 70, Strasburg, died April 19, 2015, at his home. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Strasburg, with the Revs. Jason Signalness and Leonard Eckroth officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at David's home, 205 First St. N., Strasburg.
David Pius Keller was born April 2, 1945, in Bismarck, the son of Valentine Jr. and Edythe (Gillespie) Keller. He grew up and attended school in Strasburg and graduated from St. Benedict High School in 1964.
After high school, David worked for the North Dakota Highway Department. In the late '60s, he moved to Milwaukee, Wis., for a short time, before he began working for Great Northern Railroad in Minneapolis, which merged and became Burlington Northern Sante Fe.
David met the love of his life, Marjorie Brown, and they married in 1993 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Strasburg. They lived in Minneapolis, before moving to Superior, Wis. After 37 years with the railroad, David retired and the couple moved to Strasburg.
David enjoyed corvettes and collecting railroad memorabilia.
He is survived by his two stepsons, Gene (Sandy) Brown, Dickinson, and their children, Miranda (Jake) Gresser and baby JR, Brett, Jenifer and Isabella, and Tom (Brenda) Brown, Dickinson, and their children, Jessica and Marjorie; his mother-in-law, Gladys Novotny, Billings, Mont.; his siblings, Ron (Dalphine) Keller, Gadsden, Ala., Judy (Al) Dosch, Mae (Bill) Bosch, Gary (Judy) Keller, Bob (Charlene) Keller and Richard Keller, all of Strasburg, and Nancy (John) Vetter, West Fargo; his brother-in-law, Roger Asmundson; and his sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Pete Novotny, Vivian Novotny, James Novotny, David Novotny, Mary Wilson, Paul Novotny and Mark Novotny.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Marjorie, in 2008; a sister, Sylvia Asmundson; a niece, Karen Dosch; and a sister-in-law, Cheryl Keller.
You may share memories and condolences with the family at the Myers Funeral Home, Linton, website: www.myersfh.com.
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