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E Wayne Keith

Birth
Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, USA
Death
25 Jun 1955 (aged 56)
Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Rock Springs Miner, Jul 3, 1955
E. WAYNE KEITH

Rev. E. Thomas Rodda of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion conducted the commitment service for E. Wayne Keith, 56, in the Salt Lake mausoleum Monday night.

Mr. Keith, Rock Springs businessman, died Saturday morning, June 25, at his home at 24 Cedar street. He had been in ill health for several years.

E. Wayne Keith was born Feb. 10, 1899 in Madison, S.D. At the age of three his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Keith, moved to Payette, Idaho, where he was reared and where he was associated with his father and brothers in the men’s clothing business. He went into the men’s clothing business in Long Beach, Calif., in 1924 and three years later he and his brother, Walter S. Keith, purchased the Kendall men’s clothing store in Rock Springs where he had since resided.

Mr. Keith was skilled in gardening and his hobby was planting and caring for flowers which resulted in the gardens at their home on Cedar street as one of the attractive places in Rock Springs.

Survivors are his wife, Daisy Crump Keith, whom he married July 5, 1923 in Lewiston, Idaho; a daughter, Jane, wife of Lt. Col. James Little of Washington, D.C.; four grandchildren; two brothers, Walter S. of Sacramento, Calif., and Robert Keith of Payette; three sisters, Mrs. Gene Helmbolt of Long Beach, Mrs. Leonard Wright of Idaho Falls and Mrs. E.N. Dibble of Payette.

Mr. Keith was a World war I veteran and was a member of American Legion Archie Hay post. He also was a member of B.P.O. Elks in Rock Springs and of the Episcopal church.
Rock Springs Miner, Jul 3, 1955
E. WAYNE KEITH

Rev. E. Thomas Rodda of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion conducted the commitment service for E. Wayne Keith, 56, in the Salt Lake mausoleum Monday night.

Mr. Keith, Rock Springs businessman, died Saturday morning, June 25, at his home at 24 Cedar street. He had been in ill health for several years.

E. Wayne Keith was born Feb. 10, 1899 in Madison, S.D. At the age of three his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Keith, moved to Payette, Idaho, where he was reared and where he was associated with his father and brothers in the men’s clothing business. He went into the men’s clothing business in Long Beach, Calif., in 1924 and three years later he and his brother, Walter S. Keith, purchased the Kendall men’s clothing store in Rock Springs where he had since resided.

Mr. Keith was skilled in gardening and his hobby was planting and caring for flowers which resulted in the gardens at their home on Cedar street as one of the attractive places in Rock Springs.

Survivors are his wife, Daisy Crump Keith, whom he married July 5, 1923 in Lewiston, Idaho; a daughter, Jane, wife of Lt. Col. James Little of Washington, D.C.; four grandchildren; two brothers, Walter S. of Sacramento, Calif., and Robert Keith of Payette; three sisters, Mrs. Gene Helmbolt of Long Beach, Mrs. Leonard Wright of Idaho Falls and Mrs. E.N. Dibble of Payette.

Mr. Keith was a World war I veteran and was a member of American Legion Archie Hay post. He also was a member of B.P.O. Elks in Rock Springs and of the Episcopal church.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139856940/e_wayne-keith: accessed ), memorial page for E Wayne Keith (10 Feb 1899–25 Jun 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139856940, citing City View Memoriam Mausoleum, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Angela Cable (contributor 47277708).