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- Bio: Funeral Services and a Mass of Christian Burial for Jack Keimig, 87, a resident of Davenport, will be Thursday, August 7, 2014 10:30 am at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 4097 – 18th Street, Bettendorf. Burial will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Davenport, where military honors will be provided by the American Legion Post #26. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 6th from 4-6 p.m. at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, 614 Main Street, downtown Davenport, with a Rosary and Vigil Service at 6 p.m. that all are invited to attend. There will be additional visitation at church on Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Jack passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at the Kahl Home.
Justinian "Jack" Keimig was born June 13, 1927 in Lindsay, Nebraska, the son of Anna (Albracht) Keimig and Henry Keimig. He married Joyce Wagelie on January 10, 1952. Joyce died on March 13, 1970. Jack then married Elizabeth Shanley on June 12, 1971.
Jack attended Holy Family School in Lindsay. He later served in the U.S. Army Occupation Forces in Berlin, Germany from 1945 to 1946. Jack lived and worked in Nebraska before moving with his family to Bettendorf, Iowa in 1964. He worked for Little Debbie Snack Cakes for 35 years, retiring in 1999.
Jack served as a Grand Knight for the Bettendorf Council of Knights of Columbus and was active in the American Legion and Bettendorf Optimist Club. Jack loved singing, solving jigsaw puzzles, watching the Hawkeyes, playing cards at CASI and enjoying the company of his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth; daughters, Shayla Kimpton, Jill Vest, and Jennifer McNulty; sons, Scott, Greg, Dana, Chris, Kevin and Michael; 20 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Sr. Jo LaVerne and Rita Hopkins.
Jack was preceded in death by his first wife, Joyce; daughters, Mary Lynn and Michelle; his mother and father; brothers, Francis, Ed, Wilfred and Tony; sisters, Marjorie, Marie, Ann and Kay.
Memorials may be made to the Kahl Home and/or to CASI.
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