April 30, 1943
– July 23, 2020
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MaryAnn was born in Yakima Washington to Vincent and Amy Keller. She had one older sister and four older brothers so as the baby of the family her dad liked to spoil her. She attended St.Pauls schools and graduated from the first graduation class from Central Catholic High School in Yakima. MaryAnn became my bride one month after graduating high school and the two of us took off never looking back. MaryAnn wanted four children, two boys and two girls and amazingly that is what she had! She raised them while traveling for 23 years with her Air Force husband to many parts of the country from Alaska, Colorado, Washington, Idaho, Georgia and overseas to the United Kingdom. Along the way she wore many hats, working in Credit Unions and as manager of many retail stores and she made many friends along the way, keeping in touch with them over the years. Always happy and full of life she loved camping, fishing and bowling. Her happiness came from her four children, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. As high school sweethearts for three years, MaryAnn and her husband spent 60 years married. The love of my life, she is missed by all who knew her. Her favorite quote came from F. Scott Fitzgerald which says: ” It was only a Sunny Smile and little it cost in the giving, But like Morning Light it Scattered the Night and made the Day Worth Living”. That was MaryAnn, always with a beautiful smile!
