Joseph M. Keefe Sr.

RENSSELAER Joseph M. Keefe Sr., age 90 years, of Rensselaer, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2006 at the Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. He was born in Rensselaer and lived all of his life in Rensselaer, before living with his daughter in Loudonville for the past five years. Joe was employed as a signalman for New York Central Railroad, retiring in 1976. He was an U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and was a member of the Gerald O'Neil American Legion Post #1683 in Rensselaer. Mr. Keefe was a life member of the G.S. Mink and T. Claxton Hose Fire Co. in Rensselaer and was a communicant of St. John's Church in Rensselaer. Husband of the late Natalie (Dolly) Buono Keefe; father of Madeline (Edward) Garrigan of Loudonville, Andrew (Maureen) Keefe of Castleton, Margaret (James) Schroll of Loudonville and Joseph (Cheryl) Keefe Jr. of East Greenbush; grandfather of Matthew and Melissa Garrigan, Andrew and Carley Keefe, Natalie, Jonathan and Michelle Schroll and Joseph III and Nicholas Keefe; brother of the late Edward, John, Catherine, Jane, Andrew, Cornelius Keefe, Rose Proctor, Alice O'Connor and Margaret McDonald; brother-in-law of Joseph and Edith Buono, Luella Buono and Carmina Buono, all of Rensselaer. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral from the W.J. Lyons Jr. Funeral Home, 1700 Washington Avenue, Rensselaer Thursday morning at 9:30 and 10:30 at St. John's Church, Herrick Street, Rensselaer where the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial will be offered. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Greenbush. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Rensselaer Boys and Girls Club, Camp Adventure Fund, 544 Broadway, Rensselaer, NY 12144 or to the Circles of Mercy, 11 Washington Street, Rensselaer, NY 12144.