Joseph Mckeon

“It’s a hotel at best - you’re here as a guest” - Jackson Browne, “Looking Into You”

Joseph Anthony McKeon, 62, was born to Diana Brady McKeon and Donald Stillwell McKeon

in Port Chester, NY.  He passed away on March 2, 2025 with family by his side.

Joe was the loving husband of Caroline Fay McKeon for nearly 40 years.  He cherished his three

children, his sons and daughter in law and his grandchildren: Colin McKeon & Caitlin Cornell

and their sons Lachlan and Patrick; Bridget & Elrik McCheyne and their son Eoin; and Beitris &

MacKenzie Demac and their son Seamus.

He is survived by his immediate family as well as: his siblings and their spouses/partner, Karen

McKeon & James Bickford, Donald & Rebecca McKeon, George McKeon, and Matthew

McKeon & Joseph Griffiths; his sisters-in-law Patricia Finnegan and Cynthia McKeon; and

many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

He is also survived by special friends Randy & Dorothy Seymour of Wilmington, NC and his

other friends from “the fun house” who always had his back and were part of his best stories:

Jimmy, Mike, Skelly, Murphy and Ash.

He was preceded in death by his parents as well as his beloved older brothers Robert and John.

Joe loved history, politics, music, movies, and books, and always had a special fondness for

detective stories. With family or friends, he could usually be found telling tall tales or making

moderately funny jokes.

He retired after over 25 years of service with the New York State department of corrections, and

Joe and Caroline built a home in Lodi, N.Y. Their cottage overlooks Seneca Lake, which Joe

always loved for its natural beauty and for the decades of happy memories he made there with

his wife and children and extended family and friends.

Burial will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY on Saturday, March 8 at 11:00

a.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate if any memorials are directed to Roswell Park

Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY ( give.roswellpark.org )