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Blake Keedy Obituary

BLAKE DAVID KEEDY, 74, DIED JUNE 6, 2025 AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. BLAKE WAS BORN IN NORTHAMPTON, MA. ON APRIL 30, 1951 TO THE LATE VICTOR SR. AND ITALA (GRANDONICO) KEEDY. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF AMHERST HIGH SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN AMHERST, MA. BLAKE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHERS WILLAM AND JAMES KEEDY SR., NEPHEWS JEFF AND JAMES KEEDY JR., NIECES ASHLEY MERCIER AND CASEY FORBES. BLAKE WAS PRE-DECEASED BY HIS WIFE DIANE, AND BROTHERS VICTOR AND MICHAEL KEEDY ALL BURIAL SERVICES WERE PRIVATE. A CELEBRATION OF BLAKES LIFE WILL BE HELD ON JULY 25, 2025 FROM 5 PM - 9 PM AT THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 271, 162 RUSSELL ST, HADLEY, MA. 01035. DOUGLASS FUNERAL SERVICE WAS ENTRUSTED WITH ALL FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT. MEMORIAL GUESTBOOK CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.DOUGLASSFUNERAL.COM To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of BLAKE, please visit our floral store.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Franklin County Now on Jul. 9, 2025.

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