Rex Keller Jr.

Rex D. Keller Jr., son of the late Rex Keller Sr. and Mabel Phillips Keller, was born Feb. 5, 1943, in Hayti, Missouri, and departed this life Feb. 23, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Stoddard in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 82 years.

Mr. Keller was a veteran of the United States Army, stationed in Germany during Vietnam. He was co-owner of Keller Farms and co-owner of the Stoddard County Cotton Company in Bernie, Missouri. He was a member of Crossroads Methodist Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter. Rex enjoyed farming, driving his tractor and module truck, working on his land and going fishing.

On Feb. 29, 1984, in Bloomfield, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Donna Kennard. Mrs. Keller survives of their home in Dexter.

Along with his wife, he is survived by his son, Clayton Keller of Dexter, Missouri; by two daughters, Jenny Keller and Megan Keller both of Dexter, Missouri; by his brother, Kenneth Keller and wife Marsha of Essex, Missouri; and by two grandchildren, Bailey Below and Molly Below.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Don Keller, and by his sister, Shirley Triplett.

Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at Crossroads Methodist Church in Dexter. Funeral services will then be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at Crossroads Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Memorials may be made to the Stoddard County Children’s Home, PO Box 164, Dexter, MO 63841.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.