Obituary of Gus Keller

Gus KellerThe funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Eugene for Gus Keller of Eugene, who died Nov. 22 of emphysema. He was 78.He was born March 11, 1932, in Quinter, Kan., to Antony and Helen Weiger Keller. He married Corlene Warren on Sept. 17, 1955. She died March 30, 1972. He married Bonnye Bishop on Aug. 10, 1974.He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in administration from the University of Oregon in 1954. He worked in management at JC Penney Company, as manager of John Warren Hardware and as an investment adviser at Dain Rauscher.Survivors include his wife; a son, Stephen of Salinas, Calif.; two daughters, Kathlene Vitale of Fountain Hills, Ariz., and Julia Rodriguez of Mount Juliet, Tenn.; two sisters, Leona Jones of Sherwood, Kan., and Arlene Cook of Boise; a brother, Antone of Showlow, Ariz.; and five grandchildren.A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Eugene. Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene. Remembrances to Sacred Heart Medical Foundation or Hospice of Sacred Heart.