Keith C Carpenter, 85, of Enid, was born November 16, 1929 to Beulah May and Herbert O. Carpenter on a farm at Medford, Oklahoma and died in Enid on July 8, 2015, with his family by his side.

He was the fifth child of nine and attended school in Medford until 1941 when the family relocated to Wichita, Kansas. He attended Junior High School in Wichita and High School in Havre De Grace, Maryland. Keith then returned to Wichita and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in October of 1950. He was assigned to a Naval Air Patrol squadron and served in Korea, China, Okinawa and Alaska. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal, National Defense Medal, United Nations Medal, China Service Medal, the Air Medal and Good Conduct Medal. Keith was honorably discharged in August of 1954 and then returned to Wichita, Kansas to work for the Boeing Airplane Co. in Wichita and then in Seattle, Washington, until 1966.

Keith was married to Marvalee Mae Hatcher in 1956 and they had three wonderful children. Later the family moved to Lahoma, Oklahoma and he worked at Vance Air Force Base in Enid until his retirement in 1994. Keith and Georgia Brown, of Enid, were married in 1988.

Keith was preceded in death by his wife Georgia, parents, four brothers, Floyd, Gerald, Leroy and Eugene, and grandson Craig Carpenter.

He is survived by his three children, Barbara Friend and husband David of Lahoma, Mark Carpenter and wife Carol of Enid, and Dana Randolph of Lahoma; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Norman Carpenter and wife Pat of Clearwater, Kansas, Herbert Carpenter, Jr. and wife Lena of Canada, and Don Kent of Derby, Kansas; one sister Dorothy Light of Semi Valley, California; other relatives and friends.

Memorial services will be Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Brian Meyer officiating. Military Honors by the U.S. Navy. A private family burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.