Frank was born to William Augustus Keele and Cleopatra Burgess on 18 SEP 1886.

He was the 5th child of 8. The family moved from Pine Valley to Bicknell, Utah and there they established the Keele Cattle Ranch. Frank was 6 years old when he lost his mother.

The family moved on ahead to the Big Horn Mountains east of Yellowstone park in Wyoming in order to build their new home before winter. Frank was 15 and was elected to drive the herd of cattle all the lonely miles from southern Utah to their new homestead. For 6 weeks he drove the cattle; protecting them from harm. There were no maps or trails to follow, he could only trust in the Lord and his survival instincts. His father had so much trust in Frank to accomplish this feat all alone. When he reached the new homestead, there was an exuberant reunion.

A few years later, Frank had a great desire to attend BYU in Provo, UT. He was intellectually gifted and loved learning his whole life. Arrangements were made for young Frank to stay with his cousin, George P. Billings. They soon became fast friends. One night George said, "I know a family with 7 daughters, living on the Orem Bench and 6 miles away. They're cousins of mine." So breaking school rules, they rented bikes and came to visit the Thomas Jefferson Patten home. George was to date Luella (the oldest) and dad would date Clarabelle (the 2nd oldest). However, when Frank saw Joanna in bed with the small pox, he knew she was the one for him and fell in love right then. After the semester ended, Frank returned to Lovell, WY with a hope of earning enough money working on the ranch to resume his education and renew his friendship with Joanna.After working all summer planting and weeding sugar beets, baling hay, thrashing wheat, irrigating, and many other farm chores, dad had earned enough money to finish his schooling. But fate stepped in and dad was never allowed to return to BYU to gain an education. This effected the entire timbre of his life.

Frank and Joanna were married in the Manti Temple 12 July 1911 and chose to homestead forty acres in the Columbia River Basin Project in Burley, Idaho.

Frank was drafted into World War 1, but Joanna petitioned the local authorities in no uncertain terms that she needed him to care for her, their her 7 children and the farm much more than the gov't needed him. Money was scarce as they had a child every 2 years and remained in Heyburn, ID for 14 years. His father, William Augustus Keele asked Frank to come to Lovell and help take care of him and run the Keele Ranch and in exchange the ranch would become his. It was a hard decision to start over and leave all that they had worked to achieve, but they chose to accommodate the request of his father only out of love and loyalty to his father. These were very discouraging years for Frank as well as happy ones with his children and wife. He hated the drudgery of farming and the lost and stolen opportunity of ever becoming educated. He longed for the intellectual challenges that could not be found in farming.

So dad put his family on a train to SLC and then to Provo, UT and kissed them goodbye; staying behind to sell the crop and sell equipment. Once back in Provo, Frank tried his hand at many different jobs and finally ended up working at the brick yard and harvesting fruit as a side job.

He built a humble home all by himself; he bought and paid for on 7th west and 6th North. He died 10 Sept 1960 in Provo, UT of lung cancer. He was a beloved husband and father. He was a good man. His daughter, Lois, recalls "He would go to Sunday school and debate with the college professors from BYU"; which he loved to do. He also played the violin and the children went to sleep many nights as he played. Also his father William Augustus Keele played the violin and that's where Frank got the violin.