Ralph B. Keisling

Ralph B. Keisling, 66, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday at Moses Taylor Hospital from complications of diabetes. He was the husband of Alice Prosser Keisling.

Born in Philadelphia, son of the late Delbert and Evelyn Baker Keisling, he was a graduate of Clarks Summit High School and the University of Buffalo. He was employed as an executive at Compression Ploymers Group International, Moosic, until his retirement in 2007. He was a member of the Gideons International of Tunkhannock. He was also a member of Parker Hill Community Church and former member of Mill City Assembly of God.

He was an avid fisherman, hunter and outdoorsman, which he enjoyed doing with his siblings, children and grandchildren, whom he loved very much. "Papa" will be greatly missed by his grandchildren. Ralph was a fan of watching high school athletics, especially as his son and nephews played for the Abington Heights Comets.

Ralph was very grateful to Dr. Henry Yeager and Dr. Gregory Borowski for all their efforts throughout the duration of his illness. He also was thankful to the efforts of Dr. Simin Goral of the University of Penn Hospital, Penn Transplant Center, who made his kidney transplant a success, and to all those at Moses Taylor Hospital's intensive care unit and DaVita Dialysis for their efforts in making his medicine issues manageable.

Also surviving are a son, Matt and his wife, Brooke, Clarks Summit; two daughters, Sarah Snyder and husband, Andy, Lake Winola; and Rachel Burke and husband, Frank, Clarks Summit; three brothers, Alan and wife, Susan, James and wife, Berna, and Delbert and wife, Carol, all of Clarks Summit; a sister, Phyllis Regula and husband, Tom, Harveys Lake; four grandchildren, Linley and Paige Keisling, and Aiden and Gabrielle Snyder; many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. from the Parker Hill Community Church, 607 N. Abington Road, Clarks Summit, by the Rev. Mark Stuenzi, pastor. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Waverly.

Friends may call Wednesday, 4 to 8 p.m., at the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Moses Taylor DaVita Dialysis Center, 700 Quincy Ave., Scranton, 18510.