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He currently maintains affiliation with Tate Publishing and the Enterprises Speech Association. Notably Mr. Kegerreis donates money from his books to cancer research foundations and is a volunteer at his local city library. |
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He worked for 33 years as a federal officer with CSX Transportation Railroad, before he retired in 1999. |
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Mr. Kegerreis was married to the love of his life Sandra for 58 years. She recently passed away from Alzheimers, and he will be donating the royalties of his most recent book to an Alzheimers research foundation. Together they have three children Robert Carla and Robin and five grandchildren Ashely Meaghan Joshua Logan and Gunner. |
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While studying speech and history at Ball State University he was drafted into the U.S. Army. As a security sergeant handling the security for the Fifth Missile Battalion in the 56th Artillery at Wilmington Ohio. He flourished in his role and as a sentry dog trainer. |
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Since retiring he’s written 6 books. The book entitled “Children Don’t Like To Read” was published by Outskirts Press. After publishing his first book he became motivated to continue to write more books. These include “Tibby And His Friend’s Big Secret” from 2010 “Fleeing A Country Seeking A New Life” from 2011 and “Who Is Going To Believe They Saved Or Prolonged My Life” from 2014. He recalls writing the aforementioned book as the highlight of his career which is about his experience fighting cancer featuring poems written by his daughter. He is also the author of “Hunting Elock” from 2016 “Searching for Elock” from 2019 . He attributes his success to the support of his family and to his health which allows him to continue writing; His latest book “I wish I had those Gasoline Pellets” is due out any day. |
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As a security sergeant handling the security for the Fifth Missile Battalion in the 56th Artillery at Wilmington Ohio he flourished in his role and as a sentry dog trainer . He then went on to work for Ellis Aires and Company until being furloughed. He joined the CXS Transportation Railroad in 1967 in which he worked on rail projects in Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia for 22 years until his official retirement in 1999. Simultaneously from 1980 to 1984 he worked as a police officer lieutenant captain and division chief of police. After retiring he started writing after his daughter Carla asked him to write a book for her 4th grade class. His first published book was “Tibby and His Friend’s Big Secret”. |
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Looking toward the future he intends to write another book based on an experience he had while at an airport in his Army uniform during the Vietnam protest in Dallas Texas. |
