More detail on this person: Jack W Mckeever Shelton, 77 Jack W. McKeever, 77 Peru Tribune, The (IN) - Thursday, March 9, 2006 Jack W. McKeever, 77, Macy, passed away at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, 2006, at the Life Care Center Nursing Home, Rochester, where he had been a patient since July 2004. He had been in failing health since September. He was born March 26, 1928, in Florence, Colo., the son of Walter O. and Nellie Nevada Hickman McKeever. On May 16, 1953 in Angola he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Esther Lyon. They were married for almost 53 years. His career was his service to his country. He began his career with a stint in the U.S. Navy and concluded it with several re-enlistments in the U.S. Army as a pilot where he flew helicopters. His career in the military spanned 26 years from the end of World War II through the Korean and Vietnam Wars, until he retired in 1986. He was in active combat in both Korea and Vietnam. From 1969 he worked as a real-estate agent in Colorado Springs, Colo., until re-enlisting for the last time in 1980. Locally, he was a member of the St. John's Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans Association and he served as president of the McKeever Family Association. He regularly attended the Chief Warrant Officers meetings (W-4 Meetings) where he would meet old military comrades and keep abreast of current events with them and their military families. He loved the outdoors and regularly worked mending fences and caring for his cattle, which he raised on the family homestead, near Macy. He had three loves in his life. Paramount was the love his wife, Esther, secondary was his love for flying helicopters, and lastly was his love for the cattle for which he devoted his time to after retiring. Also, he enjoyed working on his family's genealogy in his spare time. He is survived by his wife at home; three daughters: Elizabeth Hayden and husband Rick, Macy, Stephanie Bennett and husband William, Ashland City, Tenn., and Melanie McKeever, Woodland Park, Colo.; one son, Michael McKeever and wife Kathy, Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His parents, three sisters and three brothers preceded him in death. A celebration of his life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 W. 18th Street (State Road 14 West), Rochester, with Pastor Jim Wasmuth officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday or one hour prior to services on Thursday. The LeRoy Shelton American Legion Post #36 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1343 will conduct military services at the funeral home following his funeral. Interment will be Saturday in the Pioneer Cemetery, Eads, Colo. In lieu of flowers, his family has requested that memorials be made to the Lutheran Church's Missouri Synod World Relief Fund in his memory. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Burial information: Eads Cemetery, Eads, CO
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