EUSTIS - Clarence Keller, 100, of Eustis, died Sept. 8, 2004, at the Elwood Care Center.

He was born July 25, 1904, in Gosper County. Mr. Keller was a long time rancher-farmer in the Eustis and Bertrand area.

Survivors include two daughters, Evelyn (Bob) Bartruff, Janice (Kermit) Smith; two sons, Wayne (Nancy) Keller and Dean (Dianne) Keller all of Eustis; step-daughter, Marilyn (Elvin) Gardner of Farnam; a sister, Wilma (Ted) Rowe of Cozad; 15 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife of 55 years, Alice Berke Keller; and his second wife of four years, Pansy Piersol; his son, Kenneth; and three sisters, Helen Hueftle, Alice Berke-Day and Dorothy Coder.

A memorial has been established in his memory.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the St. John's Lutheran Church at Eustis. Burial will be in the East Cemetery at Eustis with visitation from 1 to 5 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Berryman Funeral Home at Cozad and from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at St. John's Lutheran Church at Eustis. Berryman Funeral Home is in charge.

North Platte Telegraph, 9 Sep 2004