Keith Richard Schieron was born December 20,1972, in San Jose, California. A natural athlete, Keith distinguished himself early in organized sports but never embraced the conservative masculine culture prized by his peers. Keith participated in high school basketball at the varsity level but rejected submitting to the social rules and attitudes associated with high school social hierarchy. As a result Keith survived his adolescence with his integrity intact, establishing himself as a rare role model for those looking to reject the prescribed modes of expression and lifestyle of 1980s Almaden Valley.

Keith earned a Bachelor of Arts in music from Santa Clara University. He adopted the moniker Reverend Keith while on the air as a disc jockey and general manager for his college radio station. Keith’s consistent love of music also enabled him to find more like-minded individuals who shared his passion. Keith joined several punk bands during this time and performed at such venues as 924 Gilman in Berkeley, CA. This brief foray into the local music industry also allowed Keith the opportunity to express his ever-abundant spirit of generosity. Many an acquaintance of Keith’s received a hand-crafted mix tape or found their name on the guest list for bands they never heard of but ended up loving.

It was at Santa Clara University where Keith met his wife and ideal partner in adventure, Sarah, whom he married in 2000. Once joined, these two extensively traveled the world. They lived in London, Boston, and Seattle before finally settling down on Vashon Island, WA with their two fearless boys. Cooper and Woodrow.

With the limitless support of Sarah, Keith continued to express his passion for music and self-actualization by entering headlong into professional film production. Exemplifying the essential philosophy of punk, Keith once again bypassed convention to create art in the form of a documentary dedicated to the seminal punk band The Minutemen. The everlasting existence of this film, We Jam Econo, will prove to be a tangible monument to a man who bravely set his own path and refused to acknowledge the obstacles that would impede the less committed.

The lives he touched and forever changed, especially his wife, sons, family, and close friends, by his enormous sense of raw courage and ever-loving encouragement, will also endure long past his own lifetime. He died December 31, 2016 from a glioblastoma brain tumor. Keith is survived by his wife, Sarah (Broz) Schieron; sons, Cooper and Woodrow Schieron; mother, Barbara Schieron; father, Walter Schieron; brother, Mark Schieron; niece, Brittany Schieron, and nephew, Charlie Por Schieron.

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