Kevin Wayne Brix

Kevin Wayne Brix, 57, of Park View, Iowa, died peacefully Saturday morning, February 25, 2017, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf following a courageous and hard fought battle with cancer.

He was born March 10, 1959, in Davenport to Wayne and Beverly (Stellrecht) Brix.  He graduated from Delwood High School in 1977 and worked and instructed in the emergency medical and fire fields his entire life.  Kevin began his career at Alcoa where he worked in Emergency Response and retired February 1st of this year following 37 years of service.  He also was employed by Medic EMS for 18 years and was a member of Long Grove Fire Department for 22 years and served as chief for 8 years.  Kevin also taught many CPR, First Aid, First Responder and debriefing classes over the years and continued to do so even in his illness.  Kevin married Sherry Beedle June 20, 2009 at the United Methodist Church in Park View.  

Kevin loved helping people, riding Harley's, boating, fishing, camping and time spent with his family.

Surviving are his wife, Sherry; children, Katherine (Jake) McCune of Davenport, Elizabeth Brix, Hannah McMeen and Brooklyn McMeen all of Park View; grandchildren, Sophia McCune and Colten Thomas; his mother, Beverly Brix of Grand Mound; siblings, Kent (Karen) Brix of Grand Mound, Keith (Dawn) Brix of Maquoketa, Kalyn (Tim) Gutormson of South Dakota and Karla (Brian) West of Kansas; nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Wayne Brix and his grandparents.

The family will receive relatives and friends at Schultz Funeral Home, DeWitt from 2:00 until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2017.  Visitation will continue from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 2, 2017 at the funeral home.  A fire/medic procession will follow to the United Methodist Church, DeWitt where a service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday.

Pallbearers will be Ryan Brix, Derek Brix, Jamie Temple, Bob Guy, Paul Hein, Dave Pilger, Josh Roe and Dan Collins.

Condolences may be expressed and a photo tribute viewed at www.schultzfuneralhomes.com. 

For years and years
you were there to fight 
our fires and those
that belonged to people 
you had never met.

But then there was a fire 
that was made of you 
and it slowly burned you down 
from the inside out.

And we are truly sorry 
we couldn't help you 
enough to stop the fire 

But you fought it
bravely with courage 
for as long as your endurance could last
and smiled through the fight.

I hope that the fight 
was worth every moment 
you earned 
because you deserved 
many more moments 
than you got.