Keith Staley Obituary
He was a 1979 graduate of Westminster High School and an avid Harley rider. He was a long-haul truck driver for many years and saw most of the country through his work or on his bike.
Preceded in death by his grandmother, Dorothy Drechsler (Nina, pronounced "Nine-E").
He is survived by his sister, Kristen McConnell (Kidd) and her husband, Ron and nephews, Jed Cohen and Kit Cohen; his great niece, Alina Cohen; his great-aunt, Pearl Conner; his stepdaughter, Charlene Salyerds and her husband, Justin and their sons, Justin Jr. (Spike), Kolton (Smiley), and Maverick; his stepson, Justin Atkinson and his wife, Amy and his daughter, McKenna Kochevar (Mac); his many Virginia cousins; his ex-partner, Kimberly Collins; and his many bike friends with whom he traveled the country and loved like family, too numerous to name, but special mention of Randy Rearick, Jolynn Barger and her husband Chuck, Denver Rearick, Israel Rearick, Jerry Laliberte, Charles Mills, Wayne Farmer, and Dennis Bianco.
A Florida memorial will be held in November, arranged by Charlene Salyerds, and a Virginia memorial will be held in December, arranged by Kristen McConnell.
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