Albany Times Union (Sunday)

McKeough, Diana P.

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DELMAR — Diana P. McKeough, 94, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Diana was the daughter of Patrick Patnaude and Vera Tierney. She met her beloved husband in 1946 in her home town of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. Diana and Bill married in 1951 and she became a U.S. citizen shortly thereafter. In 1952, Diana gave birth to the first of her three children and only son, William Patrick McKeough Jr., followed by Susan Margaret McKeough in 1953, and then Ann Elizabeth McKeough in 1957.

In 1960, Diana’s husband started his own landscapin­g business William P. McKeough Landscapin­g Inc. and in addition to raising the three children, she became bookkeeper for the business.

In addition to being matriarch of the family, Diana found the time to volunteer for the American Cancer Society fundraisin­g for cancer awareness in the community. She also volunteere­d for twenty years at Child’s Hospital which she enjoyed very much. This encapsulat­ed who she was as a person.

Diana is survived by her son, Pat (Kathi); daughter, Ann Brewster (late Peter); seven grandchild­ren, and four great-grandchild­ren; son-in-law, Rich Bacon; her sister-in-law, Constance McKeough and many nieces and nephews. Diana was predecease­d by her beloved husband and best friend of 66 years, William McKeough; her daughter,

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