WILLIAM KEITH RATTENBORG, 87, of Oakland, died February 28, 2024, at his daughter’s home in Oakland.  A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for WILLIAM RATTENBORG will be held 1:30-p.m. April 6th, 2024, at Impact Hill in Oakland (IA). Rieken Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.

The family appreciates the visitors, the stop ins at the station to offer condolences, hugs and words of Faith, and even homemade rolls. Keith’s final wishes were to be cremated and his services to be viewed, not as a loss but as his gain to his eternal home and health, reunification with those who went before him and wants us to celebrate a life he felt blessed to have lived. Please share your favorite stories and experiences – Keith was serene and confident about where he was going, and that his spirit was not ending, only transforming and he wants us to celebrate his journey from his birth to rebirth in Heaven.  So today we will celebrate the joy he gave so many knowing he is close to all of us.

WILLIAM KEITH RATTENBORG is survived by:

His daughters – Jolaine Mills and Jolynn Rattenborg.

His son – Chris (Susan) Rattenborg.

7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchidren; other relatives and many friends.

Online condolences may be left at www.riekenfuneralhome.com.