Margaret Keeler

Margaret C. Keeler (Peggy) passed away at Ginger Cove in Annapolis on September 9, 2015. Peggy was born on April 6, 1925 in Rochester, New York, which is where she met her life-long love, Owen F. Keeler Jr. (USNA '43). After marriage the couple lived in Alexandria, Virginia, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and Annapolis, Maryland. The mother of three girls, Peggy still found time to be an active volunteer everywhere she lived. She served with the Friends of the Annapolis Symphony for many years, including two terms as president. As a member of the AAMC Hospital Auxiliary Peggy spent many hours in the orthopedic wards encouraging joint-replacement patients to "get moving", an endeavor sparked by her own life-long struggle with arthritis. The Naval Academy was dear to her heart, leading her to volunteer in the gift shop, and to sing with the Chapel's civilian chorale for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Owen, her youngest daughter Susan Keeler Smith, and her brother William J. Carnahan. She is survived by her daughters Patricia Jean (Michel) and Catherine Ranger (Richard), grandchildren Emilie Jean Irving, Owen Ranger, and Grace Smith, by her twin sister, Patricia S. Carnahan, as well as many nieces and nephews. Services will be held in the Main Chapel of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis at 1:30 pm, Wednesday, October 7. Inurnment will be at the US Naval Academy Columbarium. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the USNA Alumni Association, 247 King George Street, Annapolis MD 21401 (In the memo line of the check, please write "USNA Protestant Chapel/Chorale"), or to The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust, memo: The Susan F. Keeler Memorial Foundation. Checks may be mailed to Catherine Ranger 216 G St SW Washington DC 20024-4336.