Ronald Allen Keen, 26, a lifetime resident of Centralia, died Thursday at a Seattle hospital.

Born Aug. 13, 1946, in Centralia, Mr. Keen was a hairstylist by occupation. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Centralia, and was a 1964 graduate of Centralia High School. He had also attended Centralia College.

Survivors include his widow, Arlene; a son, Eric, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Keen, all of Centralia; three sisters, Mrs. Dennis (Carolyn) Dulaney, West Germany; and Miss Debra Keen and Miss Lori Keen, both of Centralia; his grandfather, Wallace Keen Sr., Centralia; a grandmother, Mrs. Leonard Spratt, Elkton, Md., his great-grandmother, Mrs. Charles Moore, Elkton, Md., and several aunts and uncles.

Services will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Newell-Hoerling's, Centralia, with the Rev. Frank Wooldridge officiating. Burial to follow at Claquato Cemetery, west of Chehalis.

Source: The Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Lewis Co., WA), Saturday, 3 Mar 1973, p. 12.

Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen, who has no further information.