Elmer Lea Keller, 78, of Oak Ridge, died Saturday, July 1, 2006, at his home.
He was born June 15, 1928, in Alcoa. Mr. Keller graduated from Maryville College in 1951. He later did graduate work in chemistry and management at UT. He worked in Oak Ridge first at ORIONS Medical Division, where he worked until 1956. During work as a research assistant there, he was responsible for preparing radioactively labeled medications for cancer patients and monitoring the patients for distribution and effect.
In 1956, he joined the AEC, a predecessor agency of DOE. At the AEC, he rose to a division director involved in plant operations, research and development and operations analysis. During his work with the AEC and later DOE, Mr. Keller had a variety of management tasks, including managing the Feed Materials Processing Center at Fernald, Ohio and Ashtabela, Ohio. He also managed Boron-10 Separation Facilities at Model City, N.Y., and Quapaw, Okla. Mr. Keller also managed a nationwide program to recover uranium from manufacturing scrap. This program was the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (Fusrap). Later, Mr. Keller managed the Materials Management Effort of ORO as well as Nuclear Materials Control and Classification.
Mr. Keller held membership in several professional organizations, including American Chemical Society, American Nuclear Society and American Management Association. He was named a member of Who's Who in Federal Service in the 1980s.
He received numerous performance awards and was named his agency's nominee for Outstanding Employee. He resigned from DOE in May of 1986.
Mr. Keller was a longtime member of Robertsville Baptist Church, serving first as music director beginning in the 1950s and then as chairman of the deacons, chairman of the trustees, chairman of two building programs, and Sunday School teacher, and as a member of various committees.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William A. and Alma Berlin Messer Keller, Blount County natives. He was married to Wanda C. Keller from 1948 to 1993 and Helen C. Keller from 1994 to 1999; both preceded him in death. He married Elizabeth (Betty) DeLozier in 2001. Brothers William C. and Clinton O. Keller, both of Alcoa, and sister, Charlotte Snell of Charlotte, N.C., also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters: Karen K. Bush and husband, Phil of LaVergne, Janet K. Jordan and husband, Joel, of Franklin and Nancy K. Feist and husband, Rich, of Oak Ridge; two stepchildren: Rhetta Fisher of Clinton and Tony Fisher and wife, Angie, of Chattanooga; seven grandchildren: Janelle Adams of Franklin, and Anthony Brown and wife, Ginette, of San Antonio, Texas, Jon Chaney of Murfreesboro, Karli Bush of LaVergne, Sarah Gardner and husband, Buddy, of Knoxville, Rachel Rankin and husband, Damien, and Bethany Crabtree and husband, Rush, of Oak Ridge; two stepgrandchildren: Jade and Caina Fisher of Chattanooga; six great-grandchildren: Jordan, Andrew and Christopher Adams of Franklin, Summer Clark and Rush Crabtree of Oak Ridge, and Jaeden Bush of LaVergne; and brothers: Robert of East Greenville, Pa., Donald of Allentown, Pa., and Kenneth of Alcoa; and sisters: Jean Clifton and Joyce Holley of Montgomery, Ala.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Robertsville Baptist Church with Dr. Michael Prince officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Robertsville Baptist Church, Moving Forward Fund, 251 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830; American Diabetes Association; American Heart Association; or Foundation Fighting Blindness, Retinis Pigmentosa Research.
The family will receive friends Wednesday at the church from noon until 2 p.m.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
He was born June 15, 1928, in Alcoa. Mr. Keller graduated from Maryville College in 1951. He later did graduate work in chemistry and management at UT. He worked in Oak Ridge first at ORIONS Medical Division, where he worked until 1956. During work as a research assistant there, he was responsible for preparing radioactively labeled medications for cancer patients and monitoring the patients for distribution and effect.
In 1956, he joined the AEC, a predecessor agency of DOE. At the AEC, he rose to a division director involved in plant operations, research and development and operations analysis. During his work with the AEC and later DOE, Mr. Keller had a variety of management tasks, including managing the Feed Materials Processing Center at Fernald, Ohio and Ashtabela, Ohio. He also managed Boron-10 Separation Facilities at Model City, N.Y., and Quapaw, Okla. Mr. Keller also managed a nationwide program to recover uranium from manufacturing scrap. This program was the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (Fusrap). Later, Mr. Keller managed the Materials Management Effort of ORO as well as Nuclear Materials Control and Classification.
Mr. Keller held membership in several professional organizations, including American Chemical Society, American Nuclear Society and American Management Association. He was named a member of Who's Who in Federal Service in the 1980s.
He received numerous performance awards and was named his agency's nominee for Outstanding Employee. He resigned from DOE in May of 1986.
Mr. Keller was a longtime member of Robertsville Baptist Church, serving first as music director beginning in the 1950s and then as chairman of the deacons, chairman of the trustees, chairman of two building programs, and Sunday School teacher, and as a member of various committees.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William A. and Alma Berlin Messer Keller, Blount County natives. He was married to Wanda C. Keller from 1948 to 1993 and Helen C. Keller from 1994 to 1999; both preceded him in death. He married Elizabeth (Betty) DeLozier in 2001. Brothers William C. and Clinton O. Keller, both of Alcoa, and sister, Charlotte Snell of Charlotte, N.C., also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters: Karen K. Bush and husband, Phil of LaVergne, Janet K. Jordan and husband, Joel, of Franklin and Nancy K. Feist and husband, Rich, of Oak Ridge; two stepchildren: Rhetta Fisher of Clinton and Tony Fisher and wife, Angie, of Chattanooga; seven grandchildren: Janelle Adams of Franklin, and Anthony Brown and wife, Ginette, of San Antonio, Texas, Jon Chaney of Murfreesboro, Karli Bush of LaVergne, Sarah Gardner and husband, Buddy, of Knoxville, Rachel Rankin and husband, Damien, and Bethany Crabtree and husband, Rush, of Oak Ridge; two stepgrandchildren: Jade and Caina Fisher of Chattanooga; six great-grandchildren: Jordan, Andrew and Christopher Adams of Franklin, Summer Clark and Rush Crabtree of Oak Ridge, and Jaeden Bush of LaVergne; and brothers: Robert of East Greenville, Pa., Donald of Allentown, Pa., and Kenneth of Alcoa; and sisters: Jean Clifton and Joyce Holley of Montgomery, Ala.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Robertsville Baptist Church with Dr. Michael Prince officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Robertsville Baptist Church, Moving Forward Fund, 251 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830; American Diabetes Association; American Heart Association; or Foundation Fighting Blindness, Retinis Pigmentosa Research.
The family will receive friends Wednesday at the church from noon until 2 p.m.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
Elmer Lea Keller, 78, of Oak Ridge, died Saturday, July 1, 2006, at his home.
He was born June 15, 1928, in Alcoa. Mr. Keller graduated from Maryville College in 1951. He later did graduate work in chemistry and management at UT. He worked in Oak Ridge first at ORIONS Medical Division, where he worked until 1956. During work as a research assistant there, he was responsible for preparing radioactively labeled medications for cancer patients and monitoring the patients for distribution and effect.
In 1956, he joined the AEC, a predecessor agency of DOE. At the AEC, he rose to a division director involved in plant operations, research and development and operations analysis. During his work with the AEC and later DOE, Mr. Keller had a variety of management tasks, including managing the Feed Materials Processing Center at Fernald, Ohio and Ashtabela, Ohio. He also managed Boron-10 Separation Facilities at Model City, N.Y., and Quapaw, Okla. Mr. Keller also managed a nationwide program to recover uranium from manufacturing scrap. This program was the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (Fusrap). Later, Mr. Keller managed the Materials Management Effort of ORO as well as Nuclear Materials Control and Classification.
Mr. Keller held membership in several professional organizations, including American Chemical Society, American Nuclear Society and American Management Association. He was named a member of Who's Who in Federal Service in the 1980s.
He received numerous performance awards and was named his agency's nominee for Outstanding Employee. He resigned from DOE in May of 1986.
Mr. Keller was a longtime member of Robertsville Baptist Church, serving first as music director beginning in the 1950s and then as chairman of the deacons, chairman of the trustees, chairman of two building programs, and Sunday School teacher, and as a member of various committees.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William A. and Alma Berlin Messer Keller, Blount County natives. He was married to Wanda C. Keller from 1948 to 1993 and Helen C. Keller from 1994 to 1999; both preceded him in death. He married Elizabeth (Betty) DeLozier in 2001. Brothers William C. and Clinton O. Keller, both of Alcoa, and sister, Charlotte Snell of Charlotte, N.C., also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters: Karen K. Bush and husband, Phil of LaVergne, Janet K. Jordan and husband, Joel, of Franklin and Nancy K. Feist and husband, Rich, of Oak Ridge; two stepchildren: Rhetta Fisher of Clinton and Tony Fisher and wife, Angie, of Chattanooga; seven grandchildren: Janelle Adams of Franklin, and Anthony Brown and wife, Ginette, of San Antonio, Texas, Jon Chaney of Murfreesboro, Karli Bush of LaVergne, Sarah Gardner and husband, Buddy, of Knoxville, Rachel Rankin and husband, Damien, and Bethany Crabtree and husband, Rush, of Oak Ridge; two stepgrandchildren: Jade and Caina Fisher of Chattanooga; six great-grandchildren: Jordan, Andrew and Christopher Adams of Franklin, Summer Clark and Rush Crabtree of Oak Ridge, and Jaeden Bush of LaVergne; and brothers: Robert of East Greenville, Pa., Donald of Allentown, Pa., and Kenneth of Alcoa; and sisters: Jean Clifton and Joyce Holley of Montgomery, Ala.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Robertsville Baptist Church with Dr. Michael Prince officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Robertsville Baptist Church, Moving Forward Fund, 251 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830; American Diabetes Association; American Heart Association; or Foundation Fighting Blindness, Retinis Pigmentosa Research.
The family will receive friends Wednesday at the church from noon until 2 p.m.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
He was born June 15, 1928, in Alcoa. Mr. Keller graduated from Maryville College in 1951. He later did graduate work in chemistry and management at UT. He worked in Oak Ridge first at ORIONS Medical Division, where he worked until 1956. During work as a research assistant there, he was responsible for preparing radioactively labeled medications for cancer patients and monitoring the patients for distribution and effect.
In 1956, he joined the AEC, a predecessor agency of DOE. At the AEC, he rose to a division director involved in plant operations, research and development and operations analysis. During his work with the AEC and later DOE, Mr. Keller had a variety of management tasks, including managing the Feed Materials Processing Center at Fernald, Ohio and Ashtabela, Ohio. He also managed Boron-10 Separation Facilities at Model City, N.Y., and Quapaw, Okla. Mr. Keller also managed a nationwide program to recover uranium from manufacturing scrap. This program was the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (Fusrap). Later, Mr. Keller managed the Materials Management Effort of ORO as well as Nuclear Materials Control and Classification.
Mr. Keller held membership in several professional organizations, including American Chemical Society, American Nuclear Society and American Management Association. He was named a member of Who's Who in Federal Service in the 1980s.
He received numerous performance awards and was named his agency's nominee for Outstanding Employee. He resigned from DOE in May of 1986.
Mr. Keller was a longtime member of Robertsville Baptist Church, serving first as music director beginning in the 1950s and then as chairman of the deacons, chairman of the trustees, chairman of two building programs, and Sunday School teacher, and as a member of various committees.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William A. and Alma Berlin Messer Keller, Blount County natives. He was married to Wanda C. Keller from 1948 to 1993 and Helen C. Keller from 1994 to 1999; both preceded him in death. He married Elizabeth (Betty) DeLozier in 2001. Brothers William C. and Clinton O. Keller, both of Alcoa, and sister, Charlotte Snell of Charlotte, N.C., also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters: Karen K. Bush and husband, Phil of LaVergne, Janet K. Jordan and husband, Joel, of Franklin and Nancy K. Feist and husband, Rich, of Oak Ridge; two stepchildren: Rhetta Fisher of Clinton and Tony Fisher and wife, Angie, of Chattanooga; seven grandchildren: Janelle Adams of Franklin, and Anthony Brown and wife, Ginette, of San Antonio, Texas, Jon Chaney of Murfreesboro, Karli Bush of LaVergne, Sarah Gardner and husband, Buddy, of Knoxville, Rachel Rankin and husband, Damien, and Bethany Crabtree and husband, Rush, of Oak Ridge; two stepgrandchildren: Jade and Caina Fisher of Chattanooga; six great-grandchildren: Jordan, Andrew and Christopher Adams of Franklin, Summer Clark and Rush Crabtree of Oak Ridge, and Jaeden Bush of LaVergne; and brothers: Robert of East Greenville, Pa., Donald of Allentown, Pa., and Kenneth of Alcoa; and sisters: Jean Clifton and Joyce Holley of Montgomery, Ala.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Robertsville Baptist Church with Dr. Michael Prince officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Robertsville Baptist Church, Moving Forward Fund, 251 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830; American Diabetes Association; American Heart Association; or Foundation Fighting Blindness, Retinis Pigmentosa Research.
The family will receive friends Wednesday at the church from noon until 2 p.m.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
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