Kenneth Shirrel Keeth, age 82, went to be with his Lord on June 12, 2019, in Phelps Health, Rolla, Missouri.

Kenneth was born in Hawkeye, Missouri, on November 6, 1936, a son of Pearly and Ollie (Shelton) Keeth and was raised from age 11 in Tuscumbia, Missouri.  He joined the Air Force at the age of 17 and married Nancy (White) Keeth of Eldon, Missouri in 1955.  Kenneth and Nancy joined the Heights Baptist Church in Laredo, Texas in 1962.  Kenneth was a twenty year Air Force Veteran and retired Civil Service at Naval Ordnance in Louisville, Kentucky.

While in the Air Force the family traveled all over Europe; after retirement, Kenneth and Nancy continued checking out the lower 48 states at every opportunity and enjoyed an active retirement as a devoted couple.  This was truly a marriage made in Heaven and the Keeth family was blessed beyond measure.

His mother, father, five brothers, four sisters, his daughter, Gina Lynn, and one great-great granddaughter preceded Kenneth in death.

Surviving at the home is his loving wife of sixty-three years, as well as one son, David (Lori) Keeth, Dixon; two daughters, Vickie Ngala of Dittmer, and Shara Fronzaglio of Dixon; one beloved brother, Donald (Fran) Keeth of Dixon as well as nine cherished grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Graveside Funeral Services with full military honors will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, June 15, 2019, in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Iberia, under the direction of the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Homes, Dixon.

Memorials are suggested per the wishes of the family, with envelopes available at the Dixon Office of the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Homes, 105 East Third Street, or in care of the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, P.O. Box EE, Dixon, Missouri 65459.