David L. Keim, 95, longtime resident of Bridgeport and recently of Scottsbluff, died Monday, May 22, 2023.
Dave was born to Frank and Tracy (Trapp) Keim on May 13, 1928, in Franklin County, Nebraska, where he was raised with his seven siblings until the family moved to Chadron when Dave was 9. He married Frances Carrigan on September 4,1952, and they made their first home together in Chadron and began a family. Dave was drafted into the Army during the KoreanWar and trained as a medic.When he returned from Korea in 1955, Dave and Frances moved to Alliance and then to Milford, where Dave attended diesel tech school. Upon graduation in 1960, they moved
to Bridgeport, which was their home for the next 58 years and where they raised five children.
