Jesse Keeth was born in Saline County, Missouri. While still a baby, his parents, Walter Keeth & Zelma Stephens settled in Duncan, OK and there Keeth attended elementary school and high school. He attended Oklahoma A. and M. College, and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree and an Engineering degree.
~When he had completed his schooling, Keeth became employed by the State Highway Department. For 17 years he was sent to various places in Oklahoma as projects developed. The last eight years of his employment by the Highway Commission, he was Highway Engineer.
~In 1942, he quit the state job to accept employment as an engineer for the Moran and Buckner Construction Company of Muskogee. He was engineer for this company on many projects in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Among these were access roads, to Tinker and Will Rogers Air Fields and the Douglas Airplane Modification plant at Oklahoma City and to the Bull Shoals flood control and electric plant at Bull Shoals, Ark.
~In 1945, he was construction engineer of the Ottinger Brothers Construction Company of Oklahoma City.
~In 1948 , he became City Engineer for the City of Muskogee . He stayed there for 15 years. (1948-1963)
~Honors
Chairman from Oklahoma of the American Public Works Administration.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Keeth of the home; a son, Walter of Anderson, Missouri, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Housley, Muskogee and Mrs. Judith Clancy, St. Charles, Missouri.
~When he had completed his schooling, Keeth became employed by the State Highway Department. For 17 years he was sent to various places in Oklahoma as projects developed. The last eight years of his employment by the Highway Commission, he was Highway Engineer.
~In 1942, he quit the state job to accept employment as an engineer for the Moran and Buckner Construction Company of Muskogee. He was engineer for this company on many projects in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Among these were access roads, to Tinker and Will Rogers Air Fields and the Douglas Airplane Modification plant at Oklahoma City and to the Bull Shoals flood control and electric plant at Bull Shoals, Ark.
~In 1945, he was construction engineer of the Ottinger Brothers Construction Company of Oklahoma City.
~In 1948 , he became City Engineer for the City of Muskogee . He stayed there for 15 years. (1948-1963)
~Honors
Chairman from Oklahoma of the American Public Works Administration.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Keeth of the home; a son, Walter of Anderson, Missouri, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Housley, Muskogee and Mrs. Judith Clancy, St. Charles, Missouri.
Jesse Keeth was born in Saline County, Missouri. While still a baby, his parents, Walter Keeth & Zelma Stephens settled in Duncan, OK and there Keeth attended elementary school and high school. He attended Oklahoma A. and M. College, and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree and an Engineering degree.
~When he had completed his schooling, Keeth became employed by the State Highway Department. For 17 years he was sent to various places in Oklahoma as projects developed. The last eight years of his employment by the Highway Commission, he was Highway Engineer.
~In 1942, he quit the state job to accept employment as an engineer for the Moran and Buckner Construction Company of Muskogee. He was engineer for this company on many projects in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Among these were access roads, to Tinker and Will Rogers Air Fields and the Douglas Airplane Modification plant at Oklahoma City and to the Bull Shoals flood control and electric plant at Bull Shoals, Ark.
~In 1945, he was construction engineer of the Ottinger Brothers Construction Company of Oklahoma City.
~In 1948 , he became City Engineer for the City of Muskogee . He stayed there for 15 years. (1948-1963)
~Honors
Chairman from Oklahoma of the American Public Works Administration.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Keeth of the home; a son, Walter of Anderson, Missouri, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Housley, Muskogee and Mrs. Judith Clancy, St. Charles, Missouri.
~When he had completed his schooling, Keeth became employed by the State Highway Department. For 17 years he was sent to various places in Oklahoma as projects developed. The last eight years of his employment by the Highway Commission, he was Highway Engineer.
~In 1942, he quit the state job to accept employment as an engineer for the Moran and Buckner Construction Company of Muskogee. He was engineer for this company on many projects in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Among these were access roads, to Tinker and Will Rogers Air Fields and the Douglas Airplane Modification plant at Oklahoma City and to the Bull Shoals flood control and electric plant at Bull Shoals, Ark.
~In 1945, he was construction engineer of the Ottinger Brothers Construction Company of Oklahoma City.
~In 1948 , he became City Engineer for the City of Muskogee . He stayed there for 15 years. (1948-1963)
~Honors
Chairman from Oklahoma of the American Public Works Administration.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Keeth of the home; a son, Walter of Anderson, Missouri, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Housley, Muskogee and Mrs. Judith Clancy, St. Charles, Missouri.
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