Carol Sue (Stewart - Chiprean) Keller

Carol Sue (Stewart - Chiprean) Keller, 92 of Curtisville, West Deer Township, formerly of Washington, PA and Butler, died Wednesday December 31, 2025 at St. Barnabas Nursing Home, Richland. She was born June 12, 1933 in Rimersburg to the late Russell and Evelyn (Stuart) Stewart. Carol grew up in Rimersburg graduating from Rimersburg High School in 1951. She then went on to get her Nursing degree.  She then worked for over 9 years at the Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, until she married her first husband John J. Chiprean. She then was a stay-at-home mom caring for her family and volunteering with her husband in the Rotary International Organization in the Butler area, until her husband passed. She was fortunate to find and marry her second husband, Charles “Chuck” Keller and continued being very active and traveling in the Rotary International Organization, since Charles was elected as the President of Rotary International in 1987-1988. They traveled throughout the United States, as well as internationally, attending the regional, state, national and international conventions. She also enjoyed gardening, being involved in several local gardening clubs as well as helping with fundraising for the American Heart Association. She and her first husband John loved traveling to Canada to fish with their children, and continued with her second husband.

She is survived by her children Bradley J. (Rebecca) Chiprean of Curtisville and Susan Chiprean of Butler, step-children Jeffrey (Angela Keller of Idaho Falls, ID; Greg (Patty) Keller of Greensburg; Candy Lou (Joe) Clement of Framingham, MA; Robin (Chuck) DeHainaut of Pittsburgh and John “Jack” (Jackie) Chiprean of Prospect, her granddaughter Caitlin Slagel of Butler and her great-grandchildren Charlie Wellner and Willa Warburton, and a very special friend Virginia White, who was the sister she never had, helping care for her, taking her to appointments and doing most anything she needed.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband John J. Chiprean, her second husband Charles C. Keller, her infant son John S. Chiprean, her step-sons James C. Chiprean and Robert E. Chiprean.

At Carol’s request, all viewing, services and burial will be private. She will be privately laid to rest with her husband Charles Keller at Rimersburg Cemetery, Clarion, PA. Memorial contributions may be sent in her name to the St. Barnabas Charities, Inc., 5850 Meridian Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044. Arrangements were entrusted to the SIWICKI-YANICKO FUNERAL HOME, 23 McKrell Road, Russellton, West Deer Township. View obituary and leave condolences at www.siwicki-yanickofh.com/obituary/Carol-Keller

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