J. Alfred Keirns, 84, Nortonville, KS, passed away, Thursday, July 2, 2009, at the F.W. Huston Medical Center in Winchester, KS.
Funeral Services will be held 10:00 am, Monday, July 6, at the O’Trimble Funeral Home in Nortonville with Rev. Beverly Bowyer, officiating. Burial will follow in the Nortonville Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at the funeral home. Memorial contributions in memory of Alfred are suggested to the F.W. Huston Medical Center, Winchester. Condolences to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.
Alfred was born February 18, 1925 in Cummings, KS, the son of Clarence ‘Jack’ and Hazel (Robinson) Keirns. He attended grade school at Pardee, KS and graduated from ACCHS in Effingham in 1943. Alfred’s worked all his life on the farm. He had been a dairyman for over 43 years in the Nortonville area when he retired in 1989. Alfred loved playing and coaching baseball and formed the first Pee Wee Baseball League in Nortonville and coached its teams for many years. Alfred also played baseball for many area town teams and was proud to have caught Satchel Paige. Alfred especially enjoyed being around his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a member of the Atchison County CO-OP Board of Directors and the SAL of Nortonville.
Alfred and Ethel McCoy were married on June 2, 1946 in Nortonville, KS. Ethel survives of the home. Additional survivors include two sons, Bill Keirns and his wife, Laura, Joe Keirns and his wife, Judy, both of Nortonville; one daughter, Luetta Giese and her husband, Charley, of Leavenworth; one brother, Robert Keirns, Nortonville; eight grandchildren, Darrin (Angie) Hobbs, Joetta (Carl) Weishaar, Curtis Keirns, Brad Keirns, Shannon Keirns, Casey (Melody) Keirns, Corey Keirns, and Carrie Keirns; nine great grandchildren, Jessica, Mary and Patrick Hobbs, Kailie, Kelsie and Hunter Fitzgerald, Dakota and Mason Weishaar, Connor Keirns.
Alfred was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Harlan and one sister, Yvonne Brenish.
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