Roscoe "Rocky" Keith, WPA worker who died Thursday night following a truck accident on a WPA project near Bucklin, will be buried Sunday with military honors, in the ritualistic service of the American Legion. The funeral services will be at the Hulpieu-Morgan chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday. Dr. Howard Rogers officiating, with a military escort to Maple Grove Cemetery. Mr. Keith, a regular army and World war veteran, was from a family of soldiers dating back to the American revolution. He was a grandson of Isaac Moler, a pioneer settler at Spearville, and a son of John W. Keith and Mrs. Keith, who were early residents of Ford county and ended their lives as members of the soldiers home at Fort Dodge. Carrying out the military tradition of his family, he enlisted in the regular army preceding the World war and served two enlistments, the war service coming in the second, and he was honorably discharged in 1920. He was born south of Spearville and lived at Fort Dodge in his youth. Survivors include his widow; a foster child, Betty Smith Keith and step-children, Keith Pilkenton and Pearl Turner of California and Lena Abrams of Cimarron and eleven grandchildren, in addition his brothers and sisters: Mrs. George Felts, William Keith, Dodge City; Joe Keith, Fort Dodge; Adam Monroe, Garden City; John Keith, El Dorado; Mrs. Rosa Leigh of California; Mrs. Frank Fryer of Missouri and Mrs. Lottie Hawk of Idaho. He was a member of the American Workers' Union in Dodge City.
~~ Dodge City (KS) Globe, 22 May 1936
Roscoe "Rocky" Keith, WPA worker who died Thursday night following a truck accident on a WPA project near Bucklin, will be buried Sunday with military honors, in the ritualistic service of the American Legion. The funeral services will be at the Hulpieu-Morgan chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday. Dr. Howard Rogers officiating, with a military escort to Maple Grove Cemetery. Mr. Keith, a regular army and World war veteran, was from a family of soldiers dating back to the American revolution. He was a grandson of Isaac Moler, a pioneer settler at Spearville, and a son of John W. Keith and Mrs. Keith, who were early residents of Ford county and ended their lives as members of the soldiers home at Fort Dodge. Carrying out the military tradition of his family, he enlisted in the regular army preceding the World war and served two enlistments, the war service coming in the second, and he was honorably discharged in 1920. He was born south of Spearville and lived at Fort Dodge in his youth. Survivors include his widow; a foster child, Betty Smith Keith and step-children, Keith Pilkenton and Pearl Turner of California and Lena Abrams of Cimarron and eleven grandchildren, in addition his brothers and sisters: Mrs. George Felts, William Keith, Dodge City; Joe Keith, Fort Dodge; Adam Monroe, Garden City; John Keith, El Dorado; Mrs. Rosa Leigh of California; Mrs. Frank Fryer of Missouri and Mrs. Lottie Hawk of Idaho. He was a member of the American Workers' Union in Dodge City.
~~ Dodge City (KS) Globe, 22 May 1936
Family Members
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Isaac Keith
1880–1880
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Rosa Evetta Keith Jackson Davenport Leigh
1881–1962
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Effie Belle Keith Felts Frink Martin
1883–1961
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John Andrew Keith
1885–1952
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PFC William Lewis Keith
1888–1959
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Infant Keith
1890–1890
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Eliza Ann Keith Fryer
1892–1952
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Charles Moody Keith
1894–1918
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Joseph Marion Keith
1896–1969
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Lottie Mae Keith Hawk
1898–1986
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