KEATING

Published 3:18 pm Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Gary A. Keating, 80, passed away after a long illness on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014.

He was a native and lifelong resident of LaPlace.

Keating was the owner and operator of Keating Grocery in LaPlace.

He was the beloved husband of the late Marion Ockman Keating; loving father of Susan Keating Abt (John), Janet Keating Torres (Brian), Anthony G. Keating Jr. and the late Nancy Ann Keating and Peggy Keating Mire (Glen); son of the late Elvans and Louisiana Madere Keating; brother of Joyce Russell, Ronald Keating and the late Leroy and Roland Keating; grandfather of Misha Blythe Brewer, Anthony G. Keating III, Shawn and Elliott Mire, Darren Usry, Aimee Blythe Davis, Holly Mire, Brent Torres and the late Jamie Usry.

He is also survived by seven great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends attended a Memorial Service at Millet-Guidry Funeral Home in LaPlace on Wednesday, Oct. 22.