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Jerome Keating Obituary
April 9, 1924 - February 5, 2021
Moraga, California - Jerome (Jerry) Wilson Keating, age 96 passed away on February 5, 2021 in Moraga, Ca. Survived by wife of 71 years Leonore (Lee) Valerio; sons: Peter, Patrick; Sean, Jerry, Paul, Phillip (aka Gunther); Christopher and daughter Mary Lee; daughters-in-law: Eilish, Katie and Linda; and grandchildren: Scott, Kyle and Sarah.
Born in Sacramento, April 9, 1924 Jerry attended Christian Brothers High School Class of 1941. He served in WWII Pacific area with US Army Signal Corps until November 1945. Graduated from Sacramento City College in 1947, earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1949 and ROTC commission as 2nd Lt in the US Army Reserve. Jerry began career as an industrial engineer at Campbell Soup Company before joining Aerojet-General, Ca. in 1951. The first engineer hired at Aerojet, Jerry's 24-year career included program manager for NASA and Department of Defense. In 1960 he was accepted as Sloan Fellow at MIT, earning a Master's Degree in Industrial Management. He then became President of Aerojet Manufacturing in Fullerton. In 1975, Jerry ventured off and purchased SKS Diecasting & Machining remaining active in the company until 2019. Interment was at St. Mary's Cemetery, Sacramento Feb. 20, 2021. Celebration of Life will be at a future date. Memorials can be made to Lasallian Christian Brothers Foundation c/o Br. Mark Murphy, FSC www.lcbfoundation.org.
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Tom White
October 21, 2023
For some reason, I dreamed of my Boy Scout days last night, the years 1966 - 1969, when Jerry Keating was our scout master. So, I googled his name to find his obituary.
I remember Jerry Keating as demanding but fair, supportive and encouraging equally to all the boys in our Troop 406. Back then, at my age of 11 - 14, I had no real role models for how to grow up nor much involvement with my father or the dads of my classmates. Jerry Keating was inspiring and showed faith in all of us by assigning camping planning and duties that challenged us to do our best, take responsibility for ourselves and others, and be accountable for our actions. If it had not been for the Scouts, and Jerry's leadership, I think I would have found myself cut adrift and very isolated in my early teen years. Thanks to Jerry, I found a place where I felt I belonged.
His ongoing, and unwavering commitment to our troop really impressed me, especially because he had such extensive family and work responsibilities of his own, and he gave so much of his time to us boys. He was a great example of what an involved father could be.
I remember he attended daily Mass, and treated us all equally, without prejudice or discrimination. He never coddled us and he made it clear his expectations were that we could become self-reliant and step up do doing tasks for ourselves.
Thank you, Jerry, for all you gave and for believing in me and all the other boys in Troop 406.
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