Port Hawkesbury
It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved son, grandson, brother and uncle, Jason Keough, aged 46, suddenly, of natural causes on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at his residence in Port Hawkesbury.
Born on February 27, 1974 in Sydney, Jason spent his childhood in Whitney Pier and his summers at Pipers Cove with his large extended Keough family. As a teenager, Jason moved with his family to the Annapolis Valley where he completed high school at Bridgetown Regional Community School.
Jason was a proud supporter of the East Coast German Shepard Rescue Organization, where he fostered many dogs over the years. A particular favorite was Ranger whom he adopted and lovingly cared for the past eight years. He turned his love of animals into a career where he managed a pet store.
Jason is survived by his parents, Glenn and Susan (Penney) Keough of Sydney; sister, Tammy Grenier (Mike) of Athabasca, Alberta; maternal grandmother, Delores Penney of Sydney; as well as many uncles, aunts and cousins. He is also survived by his special niece, Amelia and nephew, Ben of Athabasca, Alberta.
Jason was predeceased by his maternal grandfather, James Penney; uncle, Gary Penney and his paternal grandparents, Andrew and Evelyn Keough.
Jason was well known for helping those in need even to his own detriment. He has a few special friends, Ryan, Mitchel and Naomi that will be remembered for being there for him as well. Jason will be remembered for being a very giving person and will be sorely missed by those he cared for.
Cremation has taken place and a service will be held at Pier Community Funeral Home when permitted.
Donations in memory of Jason can be made to any animal organization of your choice.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of Pier Community Funeral Home.
Online Condolences
Susan and Glen we are so sorry for the loss of your precious boy please except our deepest condolences. May Jason RIP.
From: Mike and Debbie Snow
So sorry for your loss. May you find comfort in the love and support of your family and friends at this most difficult time. Jason, as my Godson, was always special to me and I have so many great memories of him as a child. He will not be forgotten.
From: Dena Yakimchuk
DEAR SUE MY HEART IS BREAKING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY LOTS OF PRAYERS FOR YOU AND YOU FAMILY AND ONE FOR JASON ALTHOUGHT I ONLY MET HIM A HANFULL OF TIMES I KNEW HE WAS A VERY KIND AND GENEROUS PERSON WITH A GREAT SMILE RIP JASON TIME TO FY
From: Heather White
To Doll, Susan, Glenn and all of Jason’s family our deepest sympathy, May he rest in peace.
From: Mary (Colbert) & Joe Matheson
I am terribly sorry to hear of the loss of Jay. Jay always was a special person to us at Marley’s Hope Dog Rescue where he was a support always. Jay was a wonderful man, who gave of himself and was kind to everyone. He is gone far too soon. Sending condolences to his family and friends.
From: Dalene Grady-Lunn
My deepest thoughts and most sincere sympathies are extended to all family members and friends.
To the Keough and Penney families
My deepest condolences on the passing of Jason.
Janette Magliaro
To Susan, Glenn, Tammy, Doll and everybody who loved Jason..please accept my deepest condolences. I know nothing I say can ease the pain you feel right now. I hope it’s ok if I share a bit about my relationship with Jason.
As the son of my first cousin, Jason was technically my first cousin once removed…but I’d always simply thought of him as a cousin….another member of the great extended family that I was/ am lucky to be a part of. Growing up, we lived less than 5 minutes from each other but didn’t see each other a lot as I was about 8 years older than Jason so we had different groups of friends. Most of our interactions that took place were when our families would visit each other at our respective homes…usually during special occasions, such as Christmas…..where we’d run around playing (probably hooting and hollering) and drive the adults crazy.
In the ensuing years, as often happens, our paths took us in different directions….with Jason moving to the valley with his family and I, moving to Halifax. Fast forward many years later and our paths crossed again after I visited his wonderful mother Susan in Halifax after a surgery she had. I wanted to be able to keep in touch with Susan to hear how her recovery was going and the way I did that was through Jason who contacted me on Facebook….and that is where our paths crossed again and we had remained in frequent (near daily) contact since that time.
I got to know Jason much more after our contact resumed on Facebook, than I ever did when we were kids in Sydney and what I discovered was a person that I liked very much. Maybe it was because we seemed to be uncannily similar….well, except for his love of the Habs (I’m a Bruins fan 🙂 ) . We’d share and like each other’s posts, funny meme’s, tempting and yummy recipes and take digs at each other’s hockey teams and occasionally have more in-depth conversations on Facebook messenger. I learned a few things about Jason….he deeply loved (and was very protective of) his family, close friends and animals. He’d always speak up (and often, very forcefully) against any perceived injustice and was not afraid to speak his mind. Hell, a couple of times, he spoke up for me (on Facebook) against people he thought were unfairly attacking me for things I had posted on my Facebook page.
He seemed to love to tease people, but never in a hurtful way. In fact, the only person I ever heard/saw him take sincere digs at (other than Donald Trump…who we both despised….and Brad Marchand….who, I have to agree with Jason…is an asshole) was himself. He had a self deprecating sense of humor where he was often the butt of his own insults/jokes. He could seem to have a cynical view of people and the world in general…. posting and sharing meme’s mocking the absurdities of today’s world…..but, then, in the next minute he’d show his hopeful/kind side by posting a story describing someone’s act of kindness to another person or to a helpless animal and I am so relieved to hear that his beloved fur baby Ranger will be taken care of.
I am so glad that I got a chance to know Jason later in our respective lives (even if it was only through Facebook). His posts were usually the first to show up in my feed and he was often the first to share my posts as I was with his. I will miss seeing his “likes” and “shares” of my posts regardless of how stupid my posts were. I will miss seeing the mouth wateringly delicious looking recipes he’d always post and tempt me with and as much as I am not a big fan of Christmas, I will miss his constant posts telling us all how many days away the next holiday season is.
Rest easy cousin.
Glenn , Susan and Tammy our deepest condolences . Having watched Jason grow up both in Cape Breton and in the Valley , we can testify to his very giving nature . Our prayers go out to you at this time . Rest in Peace .
Glen and Susan and family so sorry to hear of Jason’s passing.Our love and prayers go out to you.
Keough Family:
Our sincere sympathy at this very sad and difficult time.
We know Jason will live on in all your wonderful memories.
Dave , Mary French and family
Susan and Glen: words cannot convey the deep sadness I feel on hearing of the passing of your son, Jason. I met him briefly when we both lived in the Annapolis Valley and he was a very thoughtful young man. My thoughts and prayers go out to you, his Sister and the remainder of his family. Take care of yourselves. Arlene.
Glenn and Susan, We are very sorry for your loss.
Bert and Maurina Lewis
Port Hawkesbury
So sorry for your loss and will keep you all in my prayers. I’m still in shock and so sad that Jason has passed on. I am a neighbor who has lived across from him since he moved here to the trailer court.. Matter of fact; I just said hello to him and asked him how he was doing the day before he passed away. He was quiet and sometimes, in the winter-time, he would do my driveway with his snowblower. I also seen him when he was managing the pet store here in town. He was so quiet that none of us hardly knew he lived here. I’d see him outside doing his driveway in the winter or putting garbage out or getting in his car to go to the grocery store, and that was the only time I would see him. He was always friendly though. I will sure miss saying hello to him and him saying hello back and seeing him outside sometimes. Take Care! Hugs!
Our condolences GLenn, Susan and Tammy. We know there are no words to ease your pain. All we can do is be there to try to help support you in this trying time.
Our thoughts are prayers are with the family!
My deepest sympathy is extended to Jay’s family. Jay was a wonderful person who truly cared about others. He had a big heart for animals in need and was a wonderful foster for rescue dogs. Jay loved Ranger and would do anything for his 4 legged companion. His sense of humour and teasing always made anyone who knew him either laugh or groan or both. He will be sorely missed.
Glen, Susan and family, sorry to hear of Jason’s passing. Our deepest sympathies Gloria, Paul Norman and families
He was a huge part of my teenage years…so many memories, so much fun, so much laughter.
Rest easy, Jason. You were one of the great ones.
Dear Susan, Glen, and family: Donnie and I were so surprised to see Jason’s memorial in the CB Post, and then to learn that he has passed away last year. We don’t know how we missed this, and apologize for being so late in our condolences. We have so many good memories of Jason and times spent with our son, Tim – first day of school, playing hockey on the pond, and so many birthday parties. Jason was a wonderful, kind person and we are so sorry that he is gone so soon. We dearly hope that happy memories of times past will help to comfort you through the days of your lives, until you meet again. Keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers.
Donnie, Rose, and Tim Courage