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Donald Keenan
DONALD J. KEENAN
Delhi
Donald J. Keenan, 70, of Delhi, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, with a 6 p.m. Scripture service. A funeral Mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at St. John's Catholic Church, Delhi, with visitation one hour before the service. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Masonville.
Survivors include his wife, Sonja of Delhi; a son, Keith (Ann) Keenan of Iowa City; grandsons, Cody and Colton Keenan; siblings, Aggie (Jim) Doyle of Cedar Rapids, Mary Jo Munkel of Webster Grove, Mo., Jerry (Dawn) Keenan and Richard (Terese) Keenan, both of Manchester, and Ellen "Katie" Gish of Andover, Minn.; a sister-in-law, Lori Sands of Hopkinton; seven nephews and four nieces; and his faithful companion, Webster.
Donald was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents and father and mother-in-law.
Donald was born July 9, 1945, to Joseph and Mae (Miller) Keenan in Waterloo, Iowa. He was a graduate of Manchester High School, Upper Iowa University and was employed as a pipefitter. Don also served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Navy Reserve as a chief machinist. On Nov. 28, 1968, Don married Sonja Turner at All Saints Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Don was an outdoorsman and enjoyed fishing, boating, riding his motorcycle and playing with his dog, Webster. He was a man of all trades.
Memorials may be directed to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa in Don's memory.
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