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Keith Leavitt

Keith Leavitt, 84, of Grand Island, formerly of Bellevue, died Monday June 18, 2007 at Tiffany Square.

Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Island.  Additional services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Bellevue Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Burial will be in the Bellevue Cemetery with military honors. 

Visitation will be one hour before both services.  All Faiths Funeral Home of Grand Island is in charge of arrangements.

Keith was born May 14, 1923 at Limestone, Maine the son of Roscoe and Bessie (Ward) Leavitt. Keith was raised and received his education in Limestone where he graduated from high school.  He joined the United States Army Air Corp following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  He served in the European Theatre.  He was discharged and in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Air Force, retiring in 1971.  While serving in Indonesia he met his wife Antoinette.  They married March 25, 1950 in Long Island, NY.  He served at many posts throughout the world, retiring at Offutt Air Force base in Bellevue. Following the death of his wife, he moved to Grand Island in 2002. 

Those left to cherish his memory are a son and daughter-in-law Jamie and Rose Leavitt of Fort Calhoun, daughters and a son-in-law Cinnamon and Larry Leavitt-Glick of Las Vegas, NV and Jeanne Williams of Grand Island a brother Vernon Leavitt of Caribou, Maine and his grandchildren Cade and wife Jessica, Joshua and wife Jennifer, Jay and wife Cheryl, Jared and finance Michelle, Rebecca, and David and nine great grandchildren.

In addition to his wife, his parents and seven brothers and sisters preceded him in death. 

He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the VFW and the Masonic Order.

Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association.