********************************************************************** William L. "Bill" Keaton 28 November 2011 ********************************************************************** William L. "Bill" Keaton, 74, passed away November 28, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Georgia Frances Adamek Keaton; daughter, Karen Lynn Keaton Scarcelli; brothers, Galen Spencer and Thomas Loyal Keaton; two grandchildren; one nephew; and three nieces. Family will be receiving friends, Wednesday, November 30, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at Lewallen-Garcia-Pipkin Funeral Home. Funeral services are set for Saturday, December 3, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., at Parsons Funeral Home in Ellsworth, Kansas. Interment will follow at Ellsworth Cemetery. Arrangements were made with Lewallen-Garcia-Pipkin Funeral Home. He was born in Ellsworth, KS, July 28, 1937 to Ivan and Silvey Spencer Keaton. Bill was raised in Geneseo, KS and graduated Geneseo High School in 1955. As a Kansas State University graduate, he received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Geology in May 1959. In August of that year, Bill married Georgia Frances Adamek and moved to Denver, CO. Bill was hired as the Government Liaison for Colorado Scrum Company. In October 1965, Bill started working for Geophysical Services Inc, in Midland, TX, as a jr. Geophysical Engineer. By 1971, Bill and his family were living in Dhahran, Saudia Arabia, where he was the site manager for GSI operations. He would later become site manager for GSI's western U.S. Land Exploration out of Midland. He later trans- ferred to New Orleans, LA and Sugar Land, TX. Bill was active as first vice-president of Permian Basin Geophysical Society and a member of the Society of Engineering Geophysicists and American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He was active in Toast- masters International in Midland, acting as Administrative Lieutenant Govenor of District 44 and later, District Governor. By 1989, Bill and Georgia moved back to their home in Midland. Bill became an iconic figure at Venezia Restaurant, as a waiter, manager, and Maitre'd for 14 years. As a brother, husband, father, grandfather, Bill was always there to teach, mentor, comfort and laugh, with a quick wit and a sparkle in his eye. He enjoyed talking to people and working in his yard. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his sister, Nancy Keaton Moore. Bill leaves behind his wife, Georgia;daughter, Karen Scarcelli and her husband, Carmine Scarcelli of Midland; his grandchildren, William Saxon Scarcelli of Midland, and Sevrin Theresa Scarcelli, at- tending Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS; brothers, Galen Keaton and wife, Ruth of Bonner Springs, KS and Thomas Keaton of Geneseo, KS; nieces, Heather Brannan, Jenny Elliott of Shawnee Mission, KS, Amy Keaton of Junction City, KS; nephew, William Charles Moore of Houston, TX. Family messages and condolences may be emailed to pipkin@nts-online.net **********************************************************************