Alfred “Fred” Kehl

Longtime Anchorage resident, Mr. Alfred “Fred” Otto Kehl, 90, died Monday, March 21, 2016, in Kasilof, Alaska. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2016, at his daughter Tammy Weste’s home in Kasilof. The American Legion Post #20 and The V.F.W. Post #10046 will be officiating the service and performing Military Honors. Please contact Tammy for directions or questions at (907) 398-8094.

Mr. Kehl was born February 3, 1926. in Glencoe, Illinois. Before coming to Alaska he enlisted twice in the U.S. Army where he served in WWII in Europe for the 42^nd Infantry Rainbow Division. He grew up in Waukegan, Illinois, where he learned his love of ground keeping from his father and his love of trains, where he befriended conductors and hobo’s at the local train yard. He came to Alaska in 1954 where he met his wife, Dorothy Goodmonson, in Anchorage and they married in 1958. He worked for Sea Land and Angelus Memorial Park when he first moved to Anchorage. They homesteaded at Goose Bay, Alaska until moving back to Anchorage. After the 1964 earthquake, they opened Kehl’s Forest Lawn Mortuary, where they served the state of Alaska for over 40 years. He learned about grief counseling in the 1970’s, which would become his passion until the end where he served for the Lost and Found grief group and counseling services statewide. He was a member of the International Rotary Club and served for over 30 years and was president for one year. He also had too many awards to mention. He loved to golf and achieved two holes in one. Fred was a member of the Gloria Di Lutheran Church in Anchorage.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Otto Kehl and Theresa Kusch; and brother, Frederick Kehl.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Kehl of Kasilof, Alaska; sons, Fred Kehl of Waukegan, Illinois and Kim Kehl of Deerfield, Illinois; daughter, Tammy Weste of Kasilof, Alaska; grandson, Jason McKay of Annapolis, Maryland; and granddaughter, Tiffany Jensen, of Green Bay, Wisconsin; 3 great- grandsons and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations may be made in memory of Fred to the Wounded Warriors Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org or 4899 Belfort Road Ste. 300, Jacksonville, Florida 32256. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel and Crematory. Please sign or leave a short story or memory on his online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.