Forrest L. 'Sam' Keller

      Forrest L. "Sam" Keller, 76, of Fairfield, died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at the Jefferson County Hospital Living Care Center in Fairfield.

      A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Monte Knudson officiating. Interment will follow in Fell Cemetery in Libertyville.

      Family visitation will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

      Memorials may be made to FCOC of Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County Relay for Life or Jefferson County Hospital Auxiliary. Cards and memorials may be sent to 603 S. Sixth St., Fairfield 52556.

      Online condolences may be sent via www.behnerfh.com.

      Mr. Keller was born Oct. 19, 1931, in Van Buren County, the son of Delbert and Elizabeth Earnest Keller. He married Barbara Speer in 1951, and they later divorced. He married Jean Davidson Allison Dec. 6, 1986, in Libertyville.

For the full obituary, read the Oct. 13, 2008, Fairfield Ledger.