Keith McNaughton

With deepest sadness, the family of Keith Sutherland McNaughton announces his passing in Maple Ridge, BC on Jan. 1, 2016, age 77 after a struggle with cancer. Son of Ian and Nora (nee Adams) and later Elsie (nee Green), Keith will be profoundly missed by his loving wife Gail (nee Cooper), his three children, Tina (John Morrison), Derek (Elizabeth Simpson) and Shaun (Rhoda McNaughton), and his step-children, Brady Peden and Jocelyn Peden (Tak Shinyei) as well as his nine grandchildren, Dustin, Caitlyn (Derrick Gates), Christina, Liam, Myles, Valin, Matthew, Colin, Gracyn and two great grandchildren Adyson and Jaxxon. Keith was born in Sheffield, England on March 8, 1938. After his mother's death when he was only seven, Keith was raised by his grandmother Christina (nee Sutherland) in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Canada in the late 1950s and married Linda (nee Lawton) in 1961, and later Gail in 1986 in Fort Sask., Alta. A millwright, Keith gave 35 years to Agrium's Redwater Fertilizer Plant before retiring in late 2002. His old friend Harold Walters, who for so many decades was the brother Keith never had, will, like all Keith's friends, be lost without him. As an only child, Keith made up for his lack of siblings by cultivating many friendships. All his friends can take solace in knowing he loved and cherished them. While a great many salmon and trout will no doubt be relieved today, everyone who knew Keith will mourn the passing of a man who wove tales as long and as large as the countless fish he caught, including the 42-pound Chinook that earned him a silver pin in the coveted Tyee Club. Aside from family and friends, Keith was passionate about many things - hummingbirds, cars, golf, hockey, football, dogs, Scotch eggs, cold beer - but especially the telling of a good story or joke. Many of those can be retold at a celebration of his life (instead of a funeral, as he requested) to be held in Fort Saskatchewan in the spring of 2016. Special thanks to Sandra Lyn Riches, as well as the caring staff at Mckenney Creek Hospice.