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John J. Keaney

Trenton, New Jersey

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PRINCETON -- John J. Keaney, 70, a classical scholar and professor emeritus at Princeton University, died Monday at Princeton Medical Center.Born and raised in Boston, MA, Mr. Keaney was a resident of Princeton since 1959. A 1953 graduate of Boston College, he received his Ph.D. in 1959 from...

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Dear Toni:Rosemary & I will pray hard to help you go through this most painfull of life"s passages.Their was a time in our lives when as kids I stayed with John at his parents home in Jamaica Plain and recall even then his love for books & reading.Today,Rosemary and I are 76 years old ,so you see their was not too much spase in age between John and myself. Even then I recall refering to John as my Greek cousin.I will continue to think of John as I have down through the yearswith love as my...

Toni: I'm so sorry for you and your family. Granted we didn't really know each other but.... I spoke with John at a party for Bartley mentioning how my baby Kevin was so into the Classics. Too bad they never met. Kevin graduated with two degrees from Brandeis one in Classics other in Biology both with Highest honors. He's now at Northwestern for his doctorate in Neuro-Biology but still loves reading Greek & Latin literature.Our hearts go out to you and pray God will give you strength. Marie