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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
KEEPING, John H. - 85, Shoreham Village, Chester, formerly of Indian Point, died March 17, 1993, in South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater. Born in Flat Island, Nfld., he was a son of the late John William and Elizabeth (Collins) Keeping. He was a veteran of the Second World War, serving in Halifax with the Royal Canadian Navy. Prior to retirement, he was an offshore fisherman. He is survived by eight daughters, Nina (Mrs. Albert Skeats), Vancouver; Florence (Mrs. Douglas Smith), Kamloops, B.C.; Julia (Mrs. Stanley Heffler), Alice (Mrs. Percy Mosher), both of Indian Point; Viola Power, Halifax; Valera Hunt, Spryfield; Lillian (Mrs. Richard Hunt), Stewiacke; Jackie (Mrs. Gordon Eisnor), Liverpool; son, John, Hammonds Plains; sister, Mrs. Maude Knee, North Sydney; brother, George, Louisdale; 41 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Lila Isnor; sister, Alice; four brothers, Willis, Charles, Albert, Chesley; grandson, Richard Hunt. The body is in Mahone Funeral Home, Mahone Bay, visiting 2-4, 7-9 p.m. Friday. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Union Church, Indian Point, Rev. Fred Snyder officiating. Burial will be in Indian Point Park Cemetery. Donations may be made to Union Church. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Thursday, 18 Mar 1993 / Researched by George Newbury)
AB John Keeping's grave marker at the Indian Point Park Cemetery Indian Point, Lunenburg Co., NS Courtesy of George Newbury
Headstone for John Keeping and his wife Lila at the Indian Point Cemetery Indian Point, Lunenburg Co., NS Courtesy of George Newbury
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