Charles Keenan Jr.

418 Happy Trail, Shavano Park, TX 78231 July 16, 2023 Dear Friends of Charlie Keenan, I sincerely regret that I was not able to travel to attend in person the Memorial Service & Celebration of Life of my ever-faithful brother Charlie, due to my contracting an untimely severe stomach virus. Nevertheless, I did attend the entire Memorial Service at 1:30 pm (EDT), July 14 (my parents´ 84th Wedding Anniversary) at St. John´s Episcopal Church, Kingsville, MD via St. John´s Online Services...

Charlie was my Jerusalem Road next door neighbor until I sold my property in Nov 2016. He was always smiling, always looking forward to his adventures. My daughter, Sadie, and I took care of his many cats, and dogs, and houseplants each time Charlie was somewhere around the globe on a trek... and when he´d be out of state skiing. I recall helping him bury his beloved Border Collie on an extremely hot humid summer day. It was hard work, digging dry hard red Kingsville clay dirt. He asked me...

Testing The Ice Charles Borromeo Kennan and I became friends in grade school and remained friends thereafter. As youngsters we engaged in many kinds of childhood activities including acts of daring-do. During one such, we walked on the ice covering Interlaken Lake one winter to test its strength. I recall standing in the middle of that frozen pond listening to the ice complain about us. It groaned and creaked under our feet. But it held. Filled with pride, we returned to Charlie´s...

Dear John,Ben and Tom - and loved ones, My deepest condolences for your loss. Charlie was a hoot, a rare, one of a kind man. Although I haven´t seen him in decades, I love hilarious memories of visiting the rambling Churchville house with Charlie, Carol and her sister Dickie. There were always a lot of Charlie-inspired activities (some including sheep), great fun and good, if raucous, conversation. He was deeply devoted to you, to his many dogs, to his law practice and to making at least...