John Francis Keegan

JOHN F. KEEGAN WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WITH INNUMERABLE GLOBAL FRIENDSHIPS. HE AND HIS WIFE, ROSEMARY WERE DRAWN TO THE SUNSHINE AND WARM WEATHER FROM THEIR NATIVE CHICAGO, ILLINIOIS. BEGINNING IN THE 1960’S “JACK” BUILT UP A SUBSTANTIAL INSURANCE BUSINESS WHICH CULMINATED IN NUMEROUS OFFICES AND HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES. ALTHOUGH BASED IN MIAMI SHORES, JACK WAS A WELL-KNOWN PERSONALITY BETWEEN THE BUSINESS CENTERS OF MIAMI, NEW YORK AND LONDON.

WHEN NOT WORKING, JACK FOCUSED HIS TIME IN QUIET REFLECTION AND SUPPORT OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES. HE WAS A GUIDING INFLUENCE IN THE LIVES OF HIS TWO CHILDREN, TIMOTHY JOHN AND MARY COLLEEN.

JACK’S APPROACH TO LIFE CAN BE SUMMED UP IN THE QUOTE “THERE ARE NO STRANGERS, ONLY FRIENDS YOU HAVEN'T YET MET.” HE WAS A MEMBER OF MANY SOCIETY CLUBS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS. AMONG HIS FAVORITE GROUPS WAS THE SOUTH FLORIDA EMERALD SOCIETY; A GROUP THAT RELISHED IN HIS ABILITY TO SING TUNEFULL IRISH MELODIES TO THE DELIGHT OF THOSE IN HIS COMPANY. HIS ENORMOUS SENCE OF FUN AND LIGHTHEARTED APPROACH TO LIVING WAS ON FULL DISPLAY WHENEVER HE APPEARED IN PUBLIC. IT IS THIS CHARMING LEGACY THAT HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL REMEMBER IN THE YEARS TO COME.

JACK WAS BLESSED TO BE MARRIED THREE TIMES IN HIS LONG LIFE, TO ROSEMARY CUNY KEEGAN WHO PASSED AWAY IN 1985. TO DENA BETHEA AND HIS CURRENT WIFE, MARGUERITE TOBIN; WHO HE HAD KNOWN FROM HIGH SCHOOL SO MANY YEARS AGO.

ASIDE FROM HIS TWO CHILDREN, JOHN LEAVES BEHIND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; JUSTIN AND JASON TUTTLE, JONATHAN MARGOLIN, ALEXANDER AND ELIZABETH KEEGAN, AS WELL AS HIS SISTER, JOANN KEEGAN-DELAHANTE.

ALL WHO KNEW HIM WERE BETTER FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND WHETHER DURING THE GOOD TIMES, OR THE LESS GOODTIMES, HE ALWAYS SAID WITH A TWINKLE IN HIS BLUE EYES THAT “GOD HAS A PLAN” AND THAT “HEAVEN IS MY HOME AND I AM JUST HERE ON A VISIT.” WE THANK YOU JACK FOR SHARING YOUR LIFE WITH US AND APPRECIATE THE TIME AND WISDOM EMPARTED TO US DURING YOUR EARTHLY VISIT.