Clyde Norman Keeping
Born In: SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born: August 7th, 1968
Passed in: SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: February 3rd, 2010
It is with great sadness that we, the family announce the passing of Clyde Keeping, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
Born in Sydney, Aug. 7, 1968, he was the youngest child of the late William and Lucy (Fiander) Keeping.
Clyde was very artistic and finished his working career as a carpenter. He took great pleasure in helping others. He enjoyed fishing and entertaining family and friends. He was an avid golfer and loved watching and playing hockey with his son Jeffrey. Clyde will always be remembered as a generous kind hearted loving man to friends, family and especially his wife and children.
Surviving is his ‘light of his life’, Marilyn MacDonald-Keeping; daughter, Bethany; stepdaughter, Stacy; sons, Jeffrey, Derrick and Logan; stepson, Colby; sisters, Rebecca Lane, Edith Campbell, Bertha Wilson and Elizabeth Osmond; brothers, David, William, Ches, Walter and Allan as well as grandchildren, Holly, Talon, Colby and Josh. He is also survived by three of his best buds, Colin Beckwith, Wally MacDonald and Brian Whalean and his ‘Brudder from anudder Mudder’, Ernie Redquest.
Clyde was predeceased by his parents.
Visitation for the late Clyde Keeping will be held at the Pier Community Funeral Home, 1092 Victoria Rd. (entrance on Church Street) on Friday, Feb. 5 (today), from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be celebrated at Anglican Parish of the Resurrection Church of Christ the King at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 with Rev. Fred Rhymes officiating with reception to follow at Christ the King hall. Interment will take place in Forest Haven at a later date.
Donations in Clyde’s memory may be made to support the family through the Gift of Love.
Online condolences may be sent to info@pierfuneralhome.com.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of Pier Community Funeral Home.
