Jean KEON

(nee Keon) Reg. Nurse, of Chapeau, Quebec peacefully with her family at her side at Marianhill, Pembroke, Ontario on Thursday, 23 August 2001, in her 85th year. Beloved wife of the late Alfred J. Adam. Dear mother of Anne Marie, Brian (Elizabeth Montgomery), Lois Parkinson (Paul), Marlene, John (Marilyn Culhane), Michael (Mary Lee Headrick), Edith Lair (Pierre), Eldon (Juliette Lair), Peter (Christine Keon), Lorraine Chartrand (Paul), Gordon (Lynn Keon) and Mary Lynne Jones (Richard). Cherished grandmother of 40 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Much loved "Aunt Jean" to many nieces and nephews. She is survived by her sisters Zita Muldoon of Belleville, Ontario and Laura Thompson of California, by her brothers Stanley Keon of Pembroke and by her sister-in-law Pearl Keon of Cobden, Ontario. Jean is also survived by her half-sisters Verna Stevenson of Edmonton, Marguerite Cox of Saskatoon and half-brother Lloyd Keon of Vancouver. Jean was the daughter of the late Mathias Keon and Clara Berrigan. She was predeceased by her husband Alfred in 1976, by her brother Eldon Keon in 1989 and by her half-brother Lester Keon in 1998. Resting at Ringrose Brothers Funeral Home, Chapeau, Quebec. Visitation Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th from 2 to 4:30 and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Funeral Mass on Monday, August 27, 2001 at 11 a.m. at St. Alphonsus Church, Chapeau, Quebec. Interment in parish Cemetery. Donations to the Pembroke General Hospital Fund or to Marianhill would be greatly appreciated. Ottawa Citizen, August 24, 2001