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William Keith

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William Keith obituary, 1951-2019, Lawrence, KS

William Keith Obituary

William "Bill" Keith, 68, of Tucson, Arizona, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2019. Bill was born in St. Louis, Mo. on February 1, 1951, to Marvin Keith Sr. and Katherine (Barnes) Keith. They preceded him in death along with his step-grandson, Dakotah Henchek. He is survived by his wife Paige, of the home, his brother Marvin Keith Jr. of Deerfield Beach, Florida, his step-son Aaron Williams, (Jason) of Portland, Oregon, his step-daughter Sherry Averitt, (Randall) of Kansas City, Missouri, and step-grandchildren Anthony, Allyssa, and Dyllen. Bill graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park, Kansas in 1969 and attended Kansas University in Lawrence, Kansas. He owned Spectrum Optical in Lawrence for many years, then moved to Mililani, Hawaii, where he worked at Silkwood Wholesale. Upon retirement, he moved to Tucson. Cremation is planned and a celebration of life and scattering of his ashes will take place in Hawaii at a later time.

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Published by Lawrence Journal-World on Sep. 15, 2019.

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Michael Epstein

June 26, 2023

I'm so sorry to hear of Bill's passing. I haven't seen him since his Spectrum Optical days. We originally met in Jr. High when we were in the Boy Scouts together. We were very close for a number of years, and both worked originally for Larry Sands of The Optical Shop of Aspen. Our office in Lawrence was 742 Mass St. I'm very sad about this. I hope the passing of time has made it easier, we will never forget, what a great guy, I have a photo of him somewhere, I will find it and post it. I cannot find it, that also makes me sad. Gerry Riley, if you see this please reach out.

M. "Murf" Murphy Dixon

September 21, 2019

Condolences from a old friend from the Gas Light and the Optical Shops in Lawrence and Aspen. He was sure a darlin' fella. Lots of fond memories.

Terry Golden

September 17, 2019

You couldn't find a nicer person with a bigger heart then Bill. If I had paid for all the sunglasses he gave me he would have been a millionaire. We had a lot of fun playing softball through the years for Spectrum. You'll be missed.

Gerry Riley

September 16, 2019

Good-bye, little brother. We did have a great time!!

Teresa TAYLOR

September 15, 2019

Paige,thinking of you and your family.

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