Jill R. Keating, 46
FLORIDA, Mass. — Jill Renee Keating, 46, of 147 Monroe Road died Friday, July 22, 2011, as a result of an automobile accident on Route 8 in Adams.
Born in North Adams on Feb. 24, 1965, daughter of Albert and Madeleine Rose DeMarsico of North Adams, she attended local schools and graduated from Drury High School in 1983. She also attended Berkshire Community College.
Mrs. Keating was employed at the Adams branch of Greylock Federal Credit Union for the past six years. She also had worked at the Golden Eagle Restaurant on the Hairpin Turn in Clarksburg.
She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in North Adams. She participated in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life and worked as an advocate for the Louison House in Adams. She was a member of the Florida Mountaineers Snowmobile Club. She enjoyed cooking, and baked cookies and whoopie pies and was known for her candy making. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially with her granddaughter, Laylah.
She and her husband, Timothy C. Keating, were married on June 28, 1985, at the former Incarnation Church in North Adams.
Besides her parents and her husband, she leaves a son, Nickolas C. Keating of Florida; a daughter, Khristyna A. Keating of Florida; a brother, Scott A. DeMarsico and his wife, Paula, of Clarksburg; her granddaughter, Laylah N. Keating; her mother-in-law, Catherine Keating Delisle and her husband, Gerald, of North Adams; and nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was predeceased by her father-in-law, Charles W. Keating Jr.
FUNERAL NOTICE — The funeral for Mrs. Keating will be Friday, July 29, at 8:15 a.m. from Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams, followed by a Funeral Mass at 9 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church. Burial will follow in Florida Church Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Thursday, July 28, from 4 to 8 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Laylah Keating Trust Fund in care of the funeral home.