He was brought into this world by his mother, A Kay (Cook) Kuehn and his father Ken Kuehn along with loving grandparents aunts and uncles, and cousins, in Cape Girardeau, MO. His brother Kris Kuehn (married to Kim Kuehn and together had three children Korbin, Kailee, and Kelsey) was born when Kevin was a toddler, and he loved being a big brother.
After moves to St. Louis and Michigan, he met and married Shari Kuehn, and with this marriage had their beautiful daughter, Kristyn Kuehn. Later, Kristyn and James Olin, would marry and bring into this world Kevin’s grandsons, Kaleb Olin and Rigby Olin.
After moving to Kansas City in the 80’s, he met his second wife, Angie (Hardesty) Kuehn, with whom he celebrated 35 years of a loving marriage and friendship.
He would also want to give love and credit to his “bonus” parents, Bob Mason (Kay)and Barb Kruessel (Ken) on Kevin’s side, plus Bill and Sandy Hardesty and Barbara and Charlie Ward on Angie’s side. He also loved Angie’s sister Jill Hardesty and her clan (Mike, Emma, and Anna Cormack) and her brother Teague Hardesty as his family, too.
Keener had a lot of friends in addition to his family, but notably his “other brother” Mike (Ace) Acinger plus his “other sister” Christol Acinger for their years of friendship and laughter.
Kevin was a master printer who worked for elite printing companies before owning and operating “Keener Printing” for many years before retiring.
His passions were his family, hockey, photography, trains, ships, and planting anything he could get his hands on. He has been a true steward of the “little patch of land” that he loved.
He will be missed by all who loved him, but would want all of us to love life and remember the joy!
