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Bronwyn Keatley Obituary
It is with great sadness that we would like to inform you that Dr. Bronwyn Elizabeth Keatley, 43, has died on March 4, 2022, after a long illness, surrounded by the love of family at her home in Ottawa.
Born March 31, 1978, to Sondra (Green) and Edward Evans Keatley of Arnprior, Bronwyn studied biology at Queen's University at Kingston, ON, and earned her PhD in paleolimnology. Her field work took her to the High Arctic, where she met her husband, Alexandre, in 2004. They married in France in 2008 and settled in Ottawa, where Bronwyn pursued a career as public servant. Kind, perceptive, quick-witted, strong, and generous, Bronwyn collected friends wherever she went, and the gift of her friendship will be forever treasured by many. When she and Alex welcomed Colm and Émile in 2011, Bronwyn approached the parenting of twins with characteristic courage and calm. She took undaunted joy in taking them on adventures and introducing them to the natural world, in Canada or abroad. She wanted fiercely to stay with them and outlived all prognoses to do so. That devotion will resonate through the rest of their lives.
She is cherished and survived by her husband, Alexandre Poulain, and their children, Émile and Colm; her parents, Sondra and Evans; her beloved aunt, Beth McFarlane; her mother-in-law, Anne-Marie Poulain; her sister, Sarah (Jonathan) Sewter, and brother, Josh (Catherine) Keatley; her brother-in-law Clément (Perrine) Poulain; and her nieces and nephews, Annika, Noomi, Claire, Liam, Lachlan, Léontine, and Arthur. She is predeceased by her father-in-law, Jacques Poulain.
Heartfelt gratitude goes out to her medical team, including Dr. Anand Govindarajan from Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Dr. Derek Jonker, Dr. Catalina Hernandez-Torres, Rita Brault, and the home TPN team at the Ottawa Hospital, and especially to the exceptional palliative care services of Dr. Regine Krechowicz and home care nurse Mellissa Glover, who made it possible for Bronwyn to stay at home in relative comfort as she wished. We also would like to express our appreciation to families, friends, and colleagues, who have supported us over the past years.
A private ceremony for family has already been arranged, and a larger celebration of Bronwyn's life will take place at a future date. In lieu of flowers, Bronwyn's friends and family have established a scholarship in her name at Queen's University. Please follow the link to make a charitable donation should you so choose: https://www.givetoqueens.ca/project/view/1482.
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Born March 31, 1978, to Sondra (Green) and Edward Evans Keatley of Arnprior, Bronwyn studied biology at Queen's University at Kingston, ON, and earned her PhD in paleolimnology. Her field work took her to the High Arctic, where she met her husband, Alexandre, in 2004. They married in France in 2008 and settled in Ottawa, where Bronwyn pursued a career as public servant. Kind, perceptive, quick-witted, strong, and generous, Bronwyn collected friends wherever she went, and the gift of her friendship will be forever treasured by many. When she and Alex welcomed Colm and Émile in 2011, Bronwyn approached the parenting of twins with characteristic courage and calm. She took undaunted joy in taking them on adventures and introducing them to the natural world, in Canada or abroad. She wanted fiercely to stay with them and outlived all prognoses to do so. That devotion will resonate through the rest of their lives.
She is cherished and survived by her husband, Alexandre Poulain, and their children, Émile and Colm; her parents, Sondra and Evans; her beloved aunt, Beth McFarlane; her mother-in-law, Anne-Marie Poulain; her sister, Sarah (Jonathan) Sewter, and brother, Josh (Catherine) Keatley; her brother-in-law Clément (Perrine) Poulain; and her nieces and nephews, Annika, Noomi, Claire, Liam, Lachlan, Léontine, and Arthur. She is predeceased by her father-in-law, Jacques Poulain.
Heartfelt gratitude goes out to her medical team, including Dr. Anand Govindarajan from Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Dr. Derek Jonker, Dr. Catalina Hernandez-Torres, Rita Brault, and the home TPN team at the Ottawa Hospital, and especially to the exceptional palliative care services of Dr. Regine Krechowicz and home care nurse Mellissa Glover, who made it possible for Bronwyn to stay at home in relative comfort as she wished. We also would like to express our appreciation to families, friends, and colleagues, who have supported us over the past years.
A private ceremony for family has already been arranged, and a larger celebration of Bronwyn's life will take place at a future date. In lieu of flowers, Bronwyn's friends and family have established a scholarship in her name at Queen's University. Please follow the link to make a charitable donation should you so choose: https://www.givetoqueens.ca/project/view/1482.
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Hulse, Playfair & McGarry
www.hpmcgarry.ca
613-233-1143
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Published by Ottawa Valley News on Mar. 9, 2022.
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Lillian Richard
March 16, 2022
My heartfelt deepest sympathy to her husband & the Keatley Family at this sad time.
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