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Thomas Edward Keating Jr.

1933 - 2014

Thomas Edward Keating Jr. obituary, 1933-2014, Jacksonville, FL

BORN

1933

DIED

2014

FUNERAL HOME

Cedar Bay Funeral Home - Jacksonville

405 New Berlin Road

Jacksonville, Florida

Thomas Keating Obituary

KEATING Thomas Edward Keating, Jr., 81, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2014. He was born January 16, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts to the late Thomas and Elizabeth Keating. Thomas was a veteran and served in the U.S. Air Force for 14 years, he then joined the Border Patrol and retired as an Anti-Smuggling Agent after 24 years of service. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Naomi Ruth Keating; sister, Alice Marie; children, Richard, Robert, Carla, and Cheryl; grandchildren, Deatte, James, Monique, Ansel, Thomas, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Tory, Ryan, and Aaron; 14 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends . Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, August 13 at 4 PM in the chapel of Cedar Bay Funeral Home, 405 New Berlin Road, Jacksonville, 714-1110 with the family officiating. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com

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Published by Florida Times-Union on Aug. 12, 2014.

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