Ronald Keefer

Ronald E. Keefer, Sr., 57, of Orrstown, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at home from the result of a tractor accident.

He was born February 20, 1956 in Chambersburg. Ronald was a son of the late Paul C. and Elsie V. Byers Keefer.

Ronald served as a Medic with the United States Army for nine years, and was currently working at Letterkenny Army Depot as an Electrical Equipment Worker. He was a 1974 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Ronald was an active firefighter and EMT with the Pleasant Hall Volunteer Fire Company. He held various offices and was a Lieutenant at the fire company.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one son, Ronald E. Keefer, Jr. and one brother, Paul E. Keefer.

Ronald is survived by his fiancée, Donna J. Greenawalt, one daughter, Tamara L. Keefer and her fiancée Sebastian Schmitt of Müs, Germany, two brothers, Jay E. Keefer and his wife Susan of Chambersburg, and Jeffrey L. Keefer and his wife V. Kyline of Newburg, one granddaughter, Alara Keefer of Mechanicsburg, his fiancée’s daughter Laura Leese and her husband Anthony of Shippensburg, his fiancée’s three grandchildren, Aiden, Dominick, and Ethan Leese all of Shippensburg, nieces Chrisy, Michelle, and Nancy and nephew William.

Funeral services will be held Friday, October 11, 2013 in the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Shippensburg at 1 p.m. with The Rev. Stan V. McCammon officiating. Burial with military honors conducted by the Shippensburg American Legion and VFW Posts will be in Parklawns Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held Thursday evening from 5-8 p.m. in the funeral home. There will be no visitation the day of the funeral service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Pleasant Hall Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 115, Pleasant Hall, PA 17246.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.