Larry Keele

LARRY X. KEELE

Cedar Rapids

Larry X. Keele of Cedar Rapids passed away Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in St. Luke's Inpatient Hospice after a lengthy illness. A Celebration of Life service will be held at The Village Co-op of Cedar Rapids, 1230 English Lane NE, on Sept. 24. Gathering will begin at 1 p.m. and the service will begin at 2 p.m.

Larry was born on Dec. 25, 1938, in Little Sioux, Iowa. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs in 1956. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He held various positions in the field of education, including school psychologist, consultant for the state of Iowa department of education, director of special education for two of Iowa's Area Education Agencies and taught undergraduate and graduate level college classes part time. He served on numerous boards and held many leadership positions throughout his working life.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Judith (Poe); and three of his four children, Kristen Arnold and her husband, Mark St. Hilaire, of Natick, Mass., Mark Keele and his wife, Peggy, of Cedar Rapids and Karen Keele Kober and her husband, Scott, of Solon; as well as eight grandchildren and stepgrandchildren; and four great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Keva Hale; and his parents, Elliott and Lorena Keele.

In lieu of flowers, suggested memorial donations are Southern Poverty Law Center or St. Luke's Inpatient Hospice of Cedar Rapids.