Kieth Alan Alstrom was born April 23, 1928, in Summit Township to Hjalmer Carl and Bessie Carr (Huff) Alstrom. He passed away at Decatur Health on April 11, 2019, at the age of 90.
Kieth was raised with his brother Max, and sister Nadine, on a farm in the Lund Community, southwest of Oberlin. He attended Swede Home School and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1946. He helped his father farm and run the junk yard until 1951 when he was drafted into the United States Army. He served until 1953 during the Korean War as a PFC. He was stationed in Alaska.
On December 25, 1953, he was united in marriage to Dorothy Lorentz at the Evangelical Reformed Church in Herndon, KS. They started their married life on the farm of his parents. To this union twin boys were born; Gary Kieth and Jerry Ray.
In 1973, the family moved to Oklahoma City where they ran a Kerr-McGee filling station. They moved back to Oberlin in 1975 when Kieth took over his father’s salvage yard.
Kieth had many interests, but the one he will be remembered the most for is his joke telling. He never met a stranger and had a big heart. He liked to have coffee at the round table with his buddies, play pool, sing, fish and hunt. He was a simple man who enjoyed life to the fullest. Above all he loved his Lord and enjoyed his grandchildren. He was a member of the Oberlin United Methodist Church and the Oberlin American Legion.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Dorothy, his two sons, Gary Alstrom and Jerry Alstrom and wife Montine, his three grandchildren, Casey Alstrom and Missy Uehlin, Nikki Amlong and husband John, and Jessica Luck and husband Mark, his eight great grandchildren, Wyatt and Owen Amlong, Allason Alstrom, Corbin, Cyler, Camden and Cailynn Luck and Gavon Uehlin; plus many nieces, nephews and friends of all ages.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Max and wife Jackie, sister Nadine Anderson and husband Don, daughter-in-law, Becky Alstrom, sisters-in-law Betty Smith and Evelyn Lorentz, brothers-in-law Marvin Lorentz, Bob Smith and Jim Rippetoe.
A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 11:00AM at the Oberlin United Methodist Church. A visitation will be held on Monday, April 15 from 1:00PM to 7:00PM with family receiving guest from 5:00PM to 7:00PM at Pauls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oberlin Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oberlin United Methodist Church or The Golden Age Center. Condolences can be left at www.paulsfh.com.