Keith E. Watroba, age 49, of Springfield, MO passed away April 12, 2018 at the University of Kansas Hospital. He was born August 9, 1968 in Oak Lawn, Illinois, to Stanley and Karen (Evans) Watroba.
Keith was a Bibliophile, had a Green thumb, and was a Computer Geek, He was generous beyond measure, but was of the mind that ” It's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it” ( Leo Tolstoy).
Keith was preceded in death by his father Stanley Watroba and his beloved pet Peaches. Keith is survived by his 26 year companion and friend Alan Manning, his mother Karen Schoonveld, brothers: Joe Watroba and Shawn Henry and wife Mellissa, sisters: Amy Watroba and husband Roland Hodges, Heidi Schoonveld and husband Joshua Fewell, nephews and nieces: Joseph and Jesse Watroba, Moria Schoonveld, Avery Watroba Hodges, Asher Henry and Peregrin Schooveld-Fewell, a best friend Sonja Finley.
Memorial service will be Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 1:00 pm at Greenlawn Funeral Home North. The family asks for Memorial Donations to be made to Toys for Tots. “Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty in their departure.” Stephen King