Keith K. Keim, 1932 – 2010

KEIM, MCGINTY, WEBER, LAWLER, MILOT, ENABNIT, DAVIS, STRENGTH, THOMPSON, EGGER, HORAN, D’ALESSANDRO, IOWA

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 4/8/2011 at 16:25:59

Funeral services for Keith K. Keim, 78, Cedar Rapids, were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. He died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at his home.

The Rev. William Harnish officiated at the service.

Entombment was at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established.

Keith K. Keim was born Oct. 18, 1932, in Chicago, Ill., the son of George and Zella McGinty Keim.

He married Beverly J. Weber Nov. 22, 1975, in Cedar Rapids. She died in 2004.

He was the owner and operator of Kennedy Paint Company for over 32 years, retiring in 1994. He was a member of Elk Lodge 251. He was an avid Hawkeye fan and enjoyed bowling, going to the casino, watching wrestling and especially, the time he shared with his beloved family.

Keim is survived by two sons, Joel and wife Heather, Marengo, and Kerry, Solon; one daughter and her husband, Cindy and Kevin Lawler, Carroll; two stepchildren and their spouses, Deborah and Michael Milot, Longmont, Colo., and Jonathan and Sharon Enabnit, Pueblo West, Colo.; two sisters and their husbands, Marian and Herb Davis, Oregon, Ill., and Joyce and Gerald Strength, Mississippi; his significant other, Sue Thompson, Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, MaKayla, MaKenna, Zane, Zander and Zayden Keim; three stepgrandchildren and their spouses, James and Eileen Egger, Juliann and Neal Horan and Nicole D’Alessandro, and two stepgreat-grandchildren, Ovivia and Owen.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Dick, and a stepson, Jerome Iowa.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Williamsburg, IA, 11 Nov 2010