Albertson, Keith Edward 1958 - 2024

ALBERTSON, ROETMAN, ALBER, SERSLAND, HUMPAL, HOVEY, HORNS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 11/29/2024 at 11:39:02

Keith Edward Albertson, better known as Drifty, age 66, died on Sunday, November 17th, 2024 surrounded by family at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.

Celebration of Life for Keith will be held on December 14th from 2pm-6pm at the Ridgeway Community Center. Bring your drinks and come celebrate Drifty with friends and family, and enjoy food and music.

Drifty wandered into this world September 24th, 1958, the son of Jerry and Sandra (Roetman) Albertson. He occasionally attended Crestwood High School, and during his times of drifting around he found a passion for welding. He welded for most his life, working at Featherlite where he would travel to work on NASCAR trailers. If a friend needed something welded around the farm, or custom work he would be the first to help. He enjoyed going to auctions to find old tools, or collecting junk as he would say. He was always trying to make something out of the stuff he would find. If something didn’t work, he would find a way to get it going using whatever he had lying around. He liked having a big garden in the summers and giving away the stuff he grew. An avid Green Bay Packer fan, he often yelled at the TV during a game. When out he could be found enjoying a beer or whiskey while playing pool or horseshoes.

Drifty continued to go on adventures with his friends until he had his daughter Andrea in 1986. He was there to help her anyway he could. He loved his two grandkids, Ayden and Ella, always being there for them and even covering for them while they are teenagers so they wouldn't get in trouble.

He will always be remembered as a selfless, caring, laid back guy who needed another $20 to borrow.

Keith is survived by his daughter Andrea (Andrew) Alber, grandkids Ayden Alber and Ella Alber. Sisters Peggy (Keith) Sersland, Connie Humpal, Susan (Gary) Hovey, Dawn (Jeff) Horns. Many nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts.

Keith was preceded in death by his parents Jerry and Sandra Albertson, grandparents Joesph and Ella Albertson, Walter and Cora Roetman, niece Nicole Albertson, nephew Jay Sersland, great-nephew Rhett Hovey. Also, the Hideway and Valley Inn.

Source: Hindt Funeral Home database