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Jessie A. McKeating, age 89 passed away peacefully at her home in Upper Chichester, PA on March 13, 2026.
She was born on July 19, 1936, in Montreal, Canada to her late parents George and Elizabeth Morrison. She grew up alongside her siblings, Walter (Joyce), George (Stella), James (Wanda), Alex (Diana), and Margaret (Don) and enjoyed playing hockey and curling as a child.
Before her retirement in 1998, she was employed as a Supervisor in the Battery Division of General Motors for over 30 years. Jessie was an avid reader, she especially loved reading Nora Roberts Books. She also enjoyed golfing and needlepoint, but more than anything enjoyed spending time at the beach.
She was the wife of the late Alan McKeating, mother of Lynn A. White (late Robert) and Sandra McKeating (Jerome "Red" Edenloff), grandmother of Christopher M. White, Jennifer L. White and Reno Bowling (Makayla) and great-grandmother of Chayce Spadaccini, Aiden Litten, Claire White, Lainey Jo Bowling and the late Scarlett Jo Bowling.
Services will be held privately.
Memorial gifts to the Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org/ would be appreciated.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
311 N. Swarthmore Avenue, Ridley Park, PA 19078
Please consider a donation as requested by the family.

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