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AUTHOR’S NOTE: Three siblings (Floyd, Lawrence and Verona) from the Keeler family of Oregon came to the Kenai Peninsula to live between 1947 and 1951. By the end of 1980, only members of the Lawrence Keeler clan remained in Alaska. Today, the extended family of Lawrence and his wife Lorna, excluding spouses, numbers about 25 Alaska residents, including many still living on the southern Kenai. ....
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Floyd Nelson Keeler, eldest son in a family containing 12 children, was arguably the least well-understood of the bunch. He appears to have had an unusual marital arrangement and exhibited some behavior that was difficult for others to explain. He came to Alaska the first time at least as early as 1942 and likely departed for the last time in 1965. ....