Patrick A. Keeven
Patrick Arthur Keeven, of Saint Louis, MO, died peacefully on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at the age of 68.
Patrick was born to Arthur and Elva (Bertschmann) Keeven on May 3, 1951 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He grew up the second oldest of five children and graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School. Patrick went on to pursue and graduate with an Associates Degree from St. Louis Community College in Graphic Communications. Afterwards Patrick had a career in advertising and graphic design. Early in his career he worked for Betallic Balloon designing hand-lettered artwork for numerous balloon lines, and Crown-Zellerbach where he designed packaging for brands like RC Cola and Wonder Bread. He went on to work at Gray Communication as a Senior Production Designer producing work for clients like Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob, Southwestern Bell, and Missouri Board of Tourism before retiring from advertising in 1997. Patrick then moved to Montgomery City where he worked with boys and young men at the Missouri Youth Correctional Facility until he retired in 2016
Patrick is survived by his sons Jason Keeven and Nick Keeven, his daughter Elizabeth (Keeven) Conant and his granddaughter Lorelei, his daughter-in-law Shelley Keeven and son-in-law Tony Conant, his sisters Nancy Becker, Debbie Henke and Diane Herbst, his brother Tim Keeven, brothers-in-law Ed Henke and Ray Becker, sister-in-law Carol Keeven and many nieces and nephews.
Patrick had a gratifying life that was full of love and memorable experiences. He loved the Beatles, Pink Floyd and was an avid movie watcher, particularly loving Star Wars and Marvel movies. Patrick loved to read, especially comic books. Patrick was always eager and willing to help friends and family even if that meant he had to drive 2 hours each way to do it. He was very generous with his time and money. He will be sorely missed by his dear family and friends. Patrick was a greatly admired artist by all who knew him having developed great techniques with oil paints and painting in “Pop Art” and “Art Nouveau” styles.
Patrick’s ashes will be reborn as a Rainbow Eucalyptus and a Blue Ash trees in living urns. A permanent location for the trees will be determined at a later date.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation.
Such a beautiful video of Patrick! Bless you all, Keeven family!
Poppa you were a wonderful father-in-law to me. I enjoyed all our meals together and getting to know you better. I loved that you drove all the way to South Carolina to visit us. Thank you for giving me Jason and making him into the wonderful man that he is. I love and miss you so much!
Pat will never be forgotten. He was a good person and friend . Every time I saw him, I would kiss him on the forehead and have a few good words for him
. He was so carry! He kind of adopted my mom. He always took care of her. Seeing that she had coffee, cream,utensils and anything else she needed at their meals. But I notice he helped a few people,but my mom more so. Whenever I came into the nursing home ,which was often. I made time for Pat. I am honored to have met him and be a friend. I am do glad to kiss him one last time before the Lord decided to take him. He was a great person
God bless his family and God bless Pat.
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