Frank Keller
Frank Keller
Monday, June 30, 2014
Age: 84
Location:
Nova Road, near Hand Rd.
Ormand Beach
Holly Hills , FL
United States
Frank Keller was killed instantly in a collision in Holly Hills, Florida. For more on the crash, see this article
His Family installed a ghost bike in his memory, and sent the following rememberance:
Frank Keller, aged 84, died Sunday
morning doing what he loved – riding his bicycle. Born in Germany,
Frank fled the Nazis with his family in 1933. He said he had a vivid
memory as a young teenager of walking out of Paris pushing his baby
sister in a carriage the day Hitler was entering the city. Frank
arrived in New York City through Ellis Island and was taken in by a
Quaker hostel for European refugees in Iowa called Scattergood. He
later moved to New York City where he met the love of his life,
Virginia, through the local youth hostel cycling group. Frank worked as
a graphic artist in the Hudson Valley, New York, where he and Virginia
raised their family. He retired at age 50 and he and Virginia moved to
Holly Hill. Together they cycled throughout the U.S. and the world.
Frank remained an avid cyclist his entire life and recently marked his
84th birthday by doing an 84-mile bike ride. A lifelong
environmentalist, gardener and woodworker, Frank is survived by his
three children, a sister and eight grandchildren. Donations in his name
can be made to Doctors Without Borders. Share the road.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Age: 84
Location:
Nova Road, near Hand Rd.
Ormand Beach
Holly Hills , FL
United States
Frank Keller was killed instantly in a collision in Holly Hills, Florida. For more on the crash, see this article
His Family installed a ghost bike in his memory, and sent the following rememberance:
Frank Keller, aged 84, died Sunday
morning doing what he loved – riding his bicycle. Born in Germany,
Frank fled the Nazis with his family in 1933. He said he had a vivid
memory as a young teenager of walking out of Paris pushing his baby
sister in a carriage the day Hitler was entering the city. Frank
arrived in New York City through Ellis Island and was taken in by a
Quaker hostel for European refugees in Iowa called Scattergood. He
later moved to New York City where he met the love of his life,
Virginia, through the local youth hostel cycling group. Frank worked as
a graphic artist in the Hudson Valley, New York, where he and Virginia
raised their family. He retired at age 50 and he and Virginia moved to
Holly Hill. Together they cycled throughout the U.S. and the world.
Frank remained an avid cyclist his entire life and recently marked his
84th birthday by doing an 84-mile bike ride. A lifelong
environmentalist, gardener and woodworker, Frank is survived by his
three children, a sister and eight grandchildren. Donations in his name
can be made to Doctors Without Borders. Share the road.