\t\t\tBill and Frances Keys \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
William John \u201cBill\u201d Keys<\/p>\n
January 27, 1932- June 19, 2025<\/p>\n
Frances Marie Satariano Keys<\/p>\n
August 26, 1934 \u2013 February 21, 2026<\/p>\n
Bill and Frances shared a 70 year marriage rooted in family, community, and a deep love for Long Beach, California. Bill was born in Long Beach to Clifford and Edith Keys, and Frances was born in Pittsburgh to Frank and Gertrude Satariano. They met as teenagers in 1947 and married in 1955, raising their three children\u2013Kimberly Ann, William John \u201cKorky\u201d Jr., and Michael Francis\u2013in the city they cherished.<\/p>\n
Bill began his career teaching junior high English in Bellflower in 1959 before becoming one of the first computer instructors at Long Beach City College, where he worked until 2003. He authored early computer-programming textbooks, including Introduction to Computer Programming: BASIC Fortran IV \u2014 A Practical Approach.<\/p>\n
Frances was deeply rooted in her community, volunteering with Emerson PTA and the Long Beach City College Faculty Wives, where she served in several roles, including president. She later shared her eye for style as a fashion consultant at Neil\u2019s Apparel in Marina Pacifica and at Dottie\u2019s on Main Street in Seal Beach.<\/p>\n
Bill and Frances shared a lifelong love of travel, music, and community. They spent many years camping with their children and later explored every U.S. state and all continents except Antarctica. Bill, a lifelong violinist, and Frances especially loved Dixieland jazz and enjoyed attending festivals and performances together.<\/p>\n
They were active participants in Elderhostel, Senior Follies, LBCC Senior Studies, and jazz nights at Curley\u2019s in Signal Hill, building friendships that lasted throughout their lives.<\/p>\n
They were devoted grandparents to Andrea and Rachel, cherishing morning breakfasts before school and afternoon pick ups that often ended with a stop at 31 Flavors.<\/p>\n
Bill and Frances will be remembered for their deep devotion to family, their lifelong partnership, and the many friendships they built throughout their lives.<\/p>\n
A celebration of life for Frances and Bill will be held at Stricklin\/Snively Mortuary on April 1, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill and Frances Keys OBITUARY William John \u201cBill\u201d Keys January 27, 1932- June 19, 2025 Frances Marie Satariano…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-240659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}