Carmella A. Keon

Carmella A. Keon returned to her God and maker on March 17th, 2025. She was the fourth, and beloved, daughter of Antonio and Anna (Salvino) Scalzo of Coeymans, New York.
Educated at primary school in Coeymans she graduated from the Vincentian Institute. Carmella resided, with her parents, in Coeymans before marrying her husband, John D. Keon. She then moved to Colonie and enjoyed 45 years of happiness.
Carmella worked for the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and retired after 32 years of service as Supervisor of the Title Bureau.
Carmella and John enjoyed traveling to Europe and the Caribbean as well as spending winters in Florida or Hawaii. She was a proficient knitter and crocheter and looked forward each year to the return of the horses at Saratoga. She played weekly Mah Jong and cards with neighbors and friends. Carmella was an excellent baker and her cookies and cakes made holidays of every visit. Most of all, she enjoyed family – her nieces and nephews, their children and those special people she adopted as family.
Carmella was a member of the Latham Woman's Club and the Colonie Senior Citizens Club and enjoyed many day trips with these friends. She was a communicant at St. Pius X Church, Loudonville, New York.
Carmella was predeceased by her loving husband John, her infant brother, Joseph, and her sisters Theresa Deluca (Anthony), Josephine Deluca (Alfred), Mary Pagano-Pape (James, Alfred) and Helen Anne Adamo (James). She is survived by seven nieces and nephews and their children.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Pius X Church,23 Crumitie Road, Loudonville New York, 12211 at 10 AM on Saturday March 22nd. The family will receive friends at the St. Pius X Chapel on Friday March 21st from 4-7 PM. Internment will be at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Coeymans, New York
Contributions in memory of Carmella may be made to St. Pius X Church and School, 23 Crumitie Road, Loudonville, New York 12211 or The American Cancer Society,1 Penny Lane, Latham, New York 12110.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Babcock Funeral Home, 19 Pulver Avenue, Ravena, New York 12143.
Online condolences can be made at www.babcockfuneralhomeinc.com.