Marie Keatley passed away at Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital in Orillia on November 3, 2007.

Marie was the loving wife of Maurice Keatley for 63 years. Dearly loved mother of Brian and his wife Elizabeth of Barrie and Gail of Richmond Hill. Loving grandma of Lauren and Kevin Keatley.

Marie was the daughter of the late Louis and Irene Bouchard of Gravenhurst. She is also survived by her brother John (Nancy) Bouchard and by her sisters Evelyn (Bill) Clark of Gravenhurst and Janet (late Bill) Nye of Carleton Place, Theresa (Earl) Armstrong of St. Catharines, Helen (Jack) Hinks of Hamilton. Marie is survived by many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her brother Louis Bouchard.

Marie was raised in Blind River, Ontario and moved to Gravenhurst with her family. She married Maurice H. Keatley on March 20, 1944 in Terrace, B.C.

Marie worked for the Rubberset Company in Gravenhurst for many years. She expressed her creativity in cooking, gardening, knitting and china painting. She was active in the Catholic Women’s League and in the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild. Her real passion in later years was rug hooking, so much so, that in 1989 she won the Rittemere-Hurst Field Award for her rug hooking.

Marie and Maurice moved from Gravenhurst to Bracebridge and then to Orillia in 1998. Marie will be remembered as a loving and caring mother, grandmother, wife, sister and friend.

She will be missed.