Background
Keegstra was born in Vulcan, Alberta, March 30, 1934, to Dutch immigrant parents who were devout members of the Dutch Reform Church. Keegstra was an auto mechanic, a former mayor, and a high school teacher in the town of Eckville, Alberta.
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