{"id":160908,"date":"2026-04-08T23:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160908\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:02:08","slug":"frederic-keller-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160908\/","title":{"rendered":"Frederic Keller Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tFrederic \u201cFred\u201d Scott Keller \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Frederic \u201cFred\u201d Scott Keller, 68, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He previously lived in Fleetwood and most recently in Shoemakersville.<\/p>\n<p>     Fred dedicated 44 years to Heyco Metals, where his strong work ethic defined his career and motivated his family.<\/p>\n<p>     He was a devoted dad who never missed a game, supporting his son Matt at baseball, and he coached Little League. Though he had a fear of flying, Fred flew to Atlanta to visit his daughter and later made the trip to California, putting his feet in the Pacific Ocean for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>     Fred enjoyed watching all Philadelphia sports teams and loved rock and roll, even playing the drums.<\/p>\n<p>     He is survived by his children, Alison McKnight and Matthew Keller (Kaitlyn), and was a loving Pap Pap to his grandchildren: Ezra Michael Keller, Nolan John Keller, John Henry McKnight (Justin Park), and Jordan McKnight Swanson (Matthew Swanson).<\/p>\n<p>     He is also survived by his partner, Elizabeth Fite, and her daughter, Stephanie Pfeiffer (Chris), and their daughters, Brynlee and Adalynn; his former spouse, Connie Schaeffer Keller; and his brothers, J. Maxwell Keller (Nancy) and Richard L. Keller (Joanne).<\/p>\n<p>     He was preceded in death by his parents, Janet L. Keller and John E. Keller, and his son-in-law, John McKnight.<\/p>\n<p>     Fred was the life of the party and always brought laughter to those around him.<\/p>\n<p>     A viewing will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 10, 2026, at Mae A. Stump Funeral Home, Inc., 117 W. Main St., Fleetwood, PA, followed by a funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at St. Paul\u2019s Union Cemetery, Fleetwood, PA.<\/p>\n<p>     In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fleetwood Area Baseball Association in his memory at P.O Box 534, Fleetwood, PA 19522. Online condolences may be shared at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MaeStumpFuneralHome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.MaeStumpFuneralHome.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frederic \u201cFred\u201d Scott Keller OBITUARY Frederic \u201cFred\u201d Scott Keller, 68, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He previously lived&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-160908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}