Norman Eugene Keech

Norman Eugene (Norm) Keech passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Kansas City Hospice House.

Norm was born March 6, 1930, to Allen Earl and Tressa Mae (Whicker) Keech in Shawnee, Kansas. He graduated from Shawnee Mission Rural High School, and served in the United States Air Force, where he learned early day data processing, beginning with IBM cards. Norm retired from Farmland Industries as a security analyst in data processing in 1993.

He was an active member of Lenexa United Methodist Church, where he served as an usher, a Stephen Minister, choir member, and had served on many committees over the years. He recently developed a disaster plan for the church.

Norm was a lover of Kansas history, and was an active member of the Lenexa, Overland Park, and the Shawnee Mission Indian Mission Historical Societies, and had served as treasurer for all. He helped to computerize artifacts for the Overland Park Historical Society. He helped organize information to aid in research in the library of the Shawnee Mission Indian Mission. Norm also co-authored a book on the history of Overland Park.

Norm was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers, Elwood and Kenneth. Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Carolyn (Jacob) Keech; sister Ernestine Presley of Wichita, Kansas; sisters-in-law Billie Jean Keech, Lena Yanney, and Shirley Jacob; and many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, July 26, 2012, at Lenexa United Methodist Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:

Lenexa United Methodist Church

9138 Caenen Lake Road

Lenexa, Kansas 66215

or

Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care

9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 100

Kansas City, Missouri 64114