KEETCH, IVAN HARRY - Ivan H. Keetch of Upper Queensbury, NB passed away November 13, 2012 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital. Ivan was born at Upper Queensbury, NB in 1933, a son of the late Harry and Alberta (Cliff) Keetch. He was a mechanic by trade and worked for a number of years with Valley Forest Products. Ivan had also been employed with the Department of Transportation as the road commissioner at the Nackawic snow shed. He was a member of the First Revival Pentecostal Church in Upper Queensbury. He is survived by his children, Robert Keetch (Lauraine), Michael Keetch (Sheila), Kevin Keetch (Sheila), all of Upper Queensbury, NB, Nancy Hopkins (William), Hawkshaw, NB, Marilyn Bustard (Rev. Morton), Louisiana, USA and Mary Keetch (Bill Hurl), London, ON; fourteen grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; his sisters, Inez Ingraham, Upper Queensbury, NB and Alta McCafferty (Doug), Charters Settlement, NB: a brother, Aubrey Keetch (Barbara), Kelowna, BC; two brothers-in-law, Gordon Gilks, Maugerville, NB and Leslie Miner, Harvey Station, NB; an uncle, George Cliff (Mary), Woodstock, NB and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Ivan was predeceased by his wife, Rev. Marina E. (White) Keetch in 2002, two sisters, Joan Gilks and Judy Miner, a brother Kenneth Keetch and two infant brothers and a brother-in-law, Wilford Ingraham.
Visitation will be held at Flewelling Funeral Home, 585 Otis Drive, Nackawic, NB on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service will be held from the funeral home chapel on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the Upper Queensbury Cemetery. For those who wish to make a donation in memory of Ivan, the family has suggested the Palliative Care Unit of the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital. www.flewellingswan.com