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Portrait of Norma & Paul Keown
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In loving memory of

Norma & Paul Keown

November 25, 1931 – January 30, 2022
Lived 90 years
Bowling Green, KY
Most indubitably
In service to country

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Norma served in the armed forces. We honor that service here.

Life story

Norma Jean Keown was born on August 25th, 1933 and died May 24, 2021. Norma was retired from Dillards, and had a love for her family and being surrounded by her family. Norma and her husband, Paul Keown, were happily married for 68 years before she passed.

Paul McFarland Keown was born November 25th, 1931 and died January 30th, 2022. Paul proudly served and retired from a career in the United States Navy as a submariner Chief Petty Officer. He was most proud of his service aboard the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine. After his military career, Paul moved with his family in 1970 back to his hometown of Bowling Green. He then worked the next 15 years as a plumbing supervisor at WKU before officially retiring. In his spare time Paul loved fishing and was an accomplished woodworker. Most of all, he enjoyed spending time with his family.

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Family milestones in gold, history for context

1931
Born November 25
1939
Norma was 8 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1948
Norma was 17 when Truman ordered the armed forces desegregated
1950
Norma was 19 when the Korean War began
1962
Norma was 31 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Norma was 45 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Norma was 50 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Norma was 63 when "Friends" premiered
2007
Norma was 76 when the first iPhone went on sale
2014
Norma was 83 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2021
Norma was 90 when the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
2022
Passed away January 30, age 90
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