John Keeler, World War II Veteran Who Founded Merchandising Business
Keeler was a man with interests from hunting to model trains to art
John N. Keeler, 92, of Westlake, died Nov. 24. He was born May 28, 1920, in Medford, Mass. Keeler, who went by Jack and was also nicknamed Franz, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, serving four years in the European Theatre. After the war, he founded his own merchandising agency. He became involved in the Point of Purchase Advertising Institute, a trade organization for marketing in the retail industry, later serving as Chairman of the Board. Keeler had a lifelong hobby in model trains. He was also into fishing and hunting, and was a member of the Westlake Sportsmen Association. Another lifelong interest, photography, led him to a later interest in watercolor painting. Keeler was described as the "ever-lovin' husband" of …
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