Keith Stoelting son of the late Marion “Dode” Stoelting and Cecilia Ann Howard Stoelting was born on April 13, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri and departed this life on March 29, 2025, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 73.

Mr. Stoelting was the former treasurer and deacon at the Liberty Hill General Baptist Church. He helped start the Stoddard County Cowboy Church. He enjoyed being outside working in his garden, and deer hunting. He also loved spending time with his children, grandchildren and wife.

On May 28, 1999, he was united in marriage to Melanie Hanna Jackson in Puxico, Missouri. Mrs. Stoelting survives of their residence in Puxico, Missouri.

Other than by his wife he is survived by three sons, Scott Stoelting of Clarkton, Missouri, Michael Shane Stoelting of Cave Springs, Arkansas, and Nathan Jackson of Columbia, Missouri; by two daughters, Christy Stoelting of Ashland, Missouri, and Natalie Woodbury of Springfield, Missouri; by two brothers, Danny Stoelting of Camdenton, Missouri, and David Stoelting of Holcomb, Missouri; by eight grandchildren, Nicholas Keith Stoelting, Kesten Marsh, Kaiden Marsh, Harper Jackson, Remi Jackson, Stefan Jackson, Kellan Woodbury, and Kyan Woodbury; and by one great-grandchild, Lillian Stoelting.

Other than by his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Debbie Stoelting.

Memorials may be made to Liberty Hill General Baptist Church, Deacon Emergency Fund, 12760 County Road 420, Dexter, MO 63841 or Stoddard County Cowboy Church, 22790 County Road 295, Puxico, MO  63960.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri. Funeral services will then be conducted on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter, Missouri with Pastor Preston Owens officiating. Interment will follow in the Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett, Missouri.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.