Keith Phillips Williams ’51

Keith was born April 10, 1927, in Portsmouth, Ohio, to Paul and Mabel Phillips Williams. The family business was located in Portsmouth at that time.

When he was 9 they moved to Ladue, Mo. A graduate of the John Burroughs School, he served in the Navy prior to attending Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. He matriculated with us at Princeton but left after our first semester.

Keith and Phebe Ann Elsworth were married in 1955. In 1964 he and his brother Paul founded Good Earth Tools, manufacturing tungsten carbide wear-resistant products.

Keith died of cancer July 5, 2016, in Kirkwood, Mo., and is survived by his wife, Phebe; their sons Keith Jr., Edward, and Jonathan; seven grandchildren; and his brother William. His brother Paul predeceased him. Donations in Keith’s memory to the Maren Fund Inc., 329 Way Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63122 would be most appreciated. Maren provides services for children with Down syndrome in St. Louis.