Keenan D. Carney

September 24, 1955 - January 10, 2020

CANAAN – Keenan Donald Carney, 64, of Canaan, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, after a sudden illness and surrounded by his loving family. Keenan was born Sept. 24, 1955, a son to the late Donald and Geraldine “Polly” (Brockney) Carney of Canaan. He was a 1974 graduate of Canaan Memorial High School. Keenan was well known for his athletic ability in all sports, especially basketball and soccer, but he excelled in baseball from a very young age through high school and for his whole adult life, playing softball in the Canaan and Lancaster leagues, as well as countless tournaments. He was also a wonderful coach for numerous students of the Canaan schools, with the girls’ varsity basketball and soccer being his pride and joy. Keenan enjoyed all outdoor sports, golf, hunting, and especially goose hunting which he’d recently taken up and so enjoyed doing with his son, Isaac. Keenan was known as an incredibly hard worker; helping on his uncle Howard’s farm as a young man was something he reminisced about fondly. He also for nearly 40 years at the Beecher Falls Div. of Ethan Allen, and was currently working as a groundskeeper and banquet manager At Bear Tree in Pittsburg. Keenan also enjoyed helping his uncle, Jesse Carney, at his auction barn for many years. He was a proud member of the Beecher Falls Volunteer Fire Department for over 35 years. Keenan had a wonderful, witty sense of humor and a kind and sensitive heart. His smile and laughter were contagious. He loved sharing his life with his wife and best friend, Chantal (Masson) Carney, and rarely were they seen apart. He is remembered and survived by his children: his son, Isaac Carney and wife Chantal, his daughter Moriah Carney and partner Lionel Person, his daughter Justine Amey and husband Nathaniel, stepson Adam Brousseau and wife Jamie, as well as 8 beautiful grand-babies, Keagan, Braylen, Zayahah, Avyonna, Terrel, Remiel, Adalynn and Jackson. Keenan will also be remembered by his brother, Kerwin Carney and wife Debbie and their children Douglas and Shauna. There are no public calling hours. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at the Canaan Memorial High School gymnasium. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Keenan may be made to the Beecher Falls Volunteer Fire Dept., P.O. Box 326, Beecher Falls, VT 05902. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.