Background
Haist, Keith Leroy was born on February 6, 1923 in Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, United States. Son of Earnest Morton and Myrtle Bell (Dunten) Haist.
Haist, Keith Leroy was born on February 6, 1923 in Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, United States. Son of Earnest Morton and Myrtle Bell (Dunten) Haist.
Student, University Nebraska. Certified master watchmaker engineer, American Academy School Horology, Denver, 1950.
Watchmaker, jeweler Hilder Jewelers, York, Nebraska, 1950, Sartor Jewelers, Lincoln, 1951-1953. Owner Haist Jewelers, Mullen, 1953-1958, Arapahoe, 1958-1960, Hastings, since 1960.
Active in various Methodist Churches, Colorado and Nebraska, Sunday school teacher, Methodist Youth Fellowship sponsor. 'foster father' to American Field Service Students. Local fund raising chairman Boys Scouts American, 1954, committee member 1963.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member Nebraska Jewelers Association, Young Men’s Christian Association (local board directors, Indian Guide leader, 1960-1965), Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion. Clubs: Toastmasters (president 1964, 65).
Lodges: Sertoma (president 1970, various awards), Masons.
Married Norma Lee Woodward, July 25, 1948. Children: Dean Woodward, Tim Arlin, Joy Louise.