Gordon C. Keirle of Ballwin, Mo., husband of Mary Alma Mueller Keirle, died Sunday, May 4, in Norwalk Hospital. He was 84.

Mr. Keirle was born in Alton, Ill., Dec. 15, 1923, son of the late Carl J. and Eunice (Simms) Keirle and has been a resident of Ballwin for 31 years. Prior to retiring, Mr. Keirle was district manager for the A/C Delco Division of General Motors.

He attended Alton High School, and graduated from of Shurtleff College in Alton in 1952. Mr. Keirle performed graduate work at Washington University in St. Louis. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in both the European and Pacific Theatres.

Survivors, in addition to his wife of 62 years, are two daughters, Alyson Angus and her husband, Peter, of Westport and Neale Rebman and her husband, Don, of Glendale, Mo.; two sisters, Carol Wedemeier and her husband, Walter, of St. Louis, Mo., and Dixie Keirle; four grandchildren, Drew, Jack and Alex Angus, and Berkeley Rebman; sister-in-law, Jeanne T. Keirle of Bridgeton, Mo.; brother-in-law, Dr. George Mueller of Naples, Fla.; and many beloved nieces, nephews and cousins. Brothers Glenn and Robert Keirle and sister Noel (Toby) Holthaus predeceased Mr. Keirle.

A celebration of Mr. Keirle's life

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will take place in Missouri, Saturday, May 10, at 3 p.m. Interment will be in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis on Monday, May 12, at 1:15 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Dr. Randall Bateman's research into the causes and treatments of dementia at Washington University School of Medicine. Washington University, CB 1247, 7425 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 2100, St. Louis, MO 63105-2161, or The St. Louis National Charity Horse Show, 15 Red Bud Dr., Pacific, MO 63069, benefiting The Humane Society of Missouri's Longmeadow Rescue Ranch.

The Harding Funeral Home, 210 Post Road E., Westport, assisted the family with the arrangements.