Thomas Keating.

CLINTON - Thomas J. Keating, 91, passed away Sunday, Jan. 27, at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center, after an illness.

Mr. Keating is survived by two daughters, Sharon A. Dube, with whom he lived, and Maureen McNally of North Hampton, NH.; his grandchildren, Renee Kennedy of Clinton, Thomas J. and Stacy Dube of Lancaster, Kim and Bob Dyer of Groton, and Jeff and Pippi McNally of Greenland, N.H.; eight great-grandchildren, Justin Marcinkus and Kaitlyn Kennedy, Brittney, Tommy and Piper Dube, Nate Dyer, Scout and Rowan McNally; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his wife of 63 years, Jessie K. (Chase) Keating, who passed in 2011, their daughter, Jacqueline A. Keating, who passed in 1973, and his four siblings, Joseph, Lawrence and Helen Keating, and Toni Coppenrath, also predeceased him.

Mr. Keating was born and raised in Clinton, son of Joseph and Antoinette (Connaughton) Keating. He attended local schools and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

For many years, he was a supervisor in the wire and cable industry at ITT Suprenant, Clinton, later transitioning to D.G. O'Brien, Seabrook, N.H. In 1982, he and his wife retired to Zephyrhills, Fla., and cherished...