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Judith McKeown Obituary

Judith "Judy" McKeown Judy, as she was known, was the loving daughter of Diane Maureen Williams-McKeown; sister to Gregory McKeown (Christine), and Kimberley McKeown (Traver); granddaughter of the late Nellie Catamore Hayward Dill, the late Albert Burlington McManus Williams and the late Edward "Bunkers" Dill; aunt to Easton McKeown, and Jaden and Mayan McKeown-Alexander; niece of Rudolph Allen (Maxine), Randolph "Willie" Allen, Edward "Bingy" Dill, Mackie Furbert, Reid Furbert, Berlene Smith (Butch), Renee Furbert, Lisa Reid (Delroy), and Robert Williams (Brenda). Judy grew up with many cousins, including Melissa (Nathanael) Williams; Deborah Williams and her children, Mia, Kipton, Ebony Williams and Patrick Stamp, Jr.; Shawn DeRosa and Shayla and Denzel Allen; Neil Jr. and Troy Inchup; Jill Burgess, Tammy Jackson and the late Martina Smith; Shawn and Jayson Dill; Carol Anne Markes, Bobby, Jr. and Darren Williams; Kylie Williams-Tavares, Nathanael Jr. and Soleil Robart; and Kijon Williams, and Amber and Kobie Reid. Judy is fondly remembered by her Mom's special cousins Buddy and Ann Williams and Shukri Ali; her honorary aunts Lynette Harris (Peter) and Winsome Harris; honorary cousins Mikkel and Nichole Harris; childhood friends Dee, Sophia and Sheryl Little; best friends Kulsoom Anwer (Naaman Shaikh) and Arianna Lambert; special friends Valda Keldo-McDonald, Nadine Deerr and Devon Clarke; honorary nieces and nephew, Qismat Shaikh, Sabr Shaikh and Issa Shaikh; and many other family members, close and dear friends, colleagues, and school communities, too numerous to name. Judy was predeceased by her aunts Gloria Jean Williams, Marie Richardson, Jeanette Inchcup and Judith Smith, and uncle Andrew Hayward.The service honouring Judy's life will be held at Brampton Funeral Home and Cemetery.The service will be streamed live at 7.00pm AST and will not be available for later viewing.Please register here to watch the funeral live at: https://my.forever.link/register/arbormemorial-brampton/judy-mckeown
Published by The Royal Gazette on Jun. 18, 2025.

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Kathey Parris & Family

August 8, 2025

Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.

Diane McKeown

June 26, 2025

Dear Judy,

My beautiful, lovely and caring daughter.

There are not enough words I can use to express my forever love for you and how much I miss you.

When I learned of your passing, I refused to think about or talk about you in the past tense.

Judy, I love you so much, and I miss you so much. My pain is unbearable. My tears will never stop.

I gather some peace from the memories I treasure from the time you entered this world as a beautiful, bouncing, happy healthy baby through to your toddler, adolescence and adult years.

I remember all the fun times we spent in sunny Bermuda with all your cousins, aunts, uncles, maternal grandparents, plus with the friends you made in Bermuda. These are happy memories and your Bermuda family adored you so much. You were named after your Aunt Judy Smith who loved you so much she would have kept you in Bermuda forever if she could. Judy, you loved Bermuda so much you planned on returning this summer with me.

Judy, you were always an over achiever. In high school if you received 85%, you´d argue you deserved 90%. Sometimes your teacher did increase your grade. In university you could advocate for yourself better and your professors would at times alter your grades. You exceeded all expectations in university. You would receive in the mail scholarships that you never applied for.
I will never forget the great times we had in July 2014 when we both experienced Europe together. We explored the Eiffel tower in Paris, museums in Germany, and visited Buckingham Palace in the U.K. We enjoyed water taxis in Venice, the Colosseum in Rome, Vatican City, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and palaces in Sweden.

I am so proud of you Judy, just for being you. I´m proud of you for being a loving sister, a granddaughter, aunt, niece and friends to so many who loved you like a sister. I am overly proud of the successful adult that you grew into, always putting others before yourself and being an advocate for others less fortunate than you, especially in your activism against anti-Black racism.
Judy, you had such a zest for life. You were determined to survive cancer. A few weeks before you passed, you told me, "Mom, I´m going to beat cancer. I´m planning my life in bouts of 10 years. I got through the first 10 years of my cancer, and I´m going to make it through the next 10 years."
Alas my darling Judy, that was not meant to be.

I find solace now in knowing you´re with the angels and you´ll soon meet up with your grannie, Nellie Dill.

I love you forever Judy. One day, we´ll meet again in Heaven.
Rest in peace my lovely daughter.

Gone way too soon, my precious daughter, but never, ever forgotten.

Love Forever, Mom

Roger T.Wilson

June 20, 2025

my sincere and deepest condolences to the family specially to my cousin Diane

Erma Geri Wilson Nisbett

June 19, 2025

Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.

Cecily Smith

June 18, 2025

To Athena Williams and Mckeown Families,
Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.

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