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Kevin Keating

by | Sep 5, 2022 | Obituaries

Kevin M. Keating of Hopkinton, formerly of Needham, passed away on Sept. 2.

Kevin was born and raised in Jamaica Plain, was a graduate of UMass Amherst and received his law degree from Suffolk Law School. He was an avid reader and Boston sports fan.

He was the husband of Mary (Perriello) and the late Carole Keating and is survived by his sons, Michael of Hansville, Washington, Timothy of West Lafayette, Indiana, Brian of Roslindale, and John of West Roxbury. He also is survived by five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and his brother, Dwight of Pittsburgh. He also was a brother of the late Edward Keating.

A funeral service will be held Thursday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m. in the Eaton Funeral Home, 1351 Highland Avenue, Needham. Relatives and friends are kindly invited.

In lieu of flowers, a donation in Kevin’s memory to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital (501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105) would be appreciated.

Obituaries are submissions, typically from funeral homes, that are not subject to the same level of editorial oversight as the rest of the Hopkinton Independent. Obituaries may be edited for grammatical and factual mistakes and clarifications and shortened for space considerations.

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