Virginia Beach- Francis Gerald Keller, CWO3, USN, (Ret.). 65 passed away March 10, 2010. He was born in Bartow, FL on December 28, 1944 to Francis J. and Bonnie M. Keller. After 20 years, Mr. Keller retired from the US Navy. He continued his career as a contractor for the Department of Defense and later left to pursue entrepreneurial interest. Mr. Keller loved working in the garage and tinkering with the cars. He is preceded in death by his father, Francis J. Keller.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 42 years, Marina S. Keller; mother, Bonnie Mae Keller; daughters, Wendy Agate and husband Jason and Teresa Rodgers and husband Richard; sisters, Marie Robbins and husband Dave and Carol Vincent; and grandchildren, Ashlea and Cameron Agate, and Jessica and Benjamin Rodgers.
The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Rosewood Kellum Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at Little Creek JEB Chapel. Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Suffolk, VA. You may pay condolences to the family at www.kellumfuneralhome.com.