- KEDDY, Richard Aubrey, of Blockhouse, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, passed away peacefully on January 10th 2021 at South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
Born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, on August 4th 1940, he was the son of the late Lester Joseph Keddy and Beatrice May (Spencer) Keddy.
He grew up in Wolfville where he attended school and graduated as a charter member of the class of 1957 from Wolfville High School. After graduation he tried his hand at several different kinds of work. In 1966 he met and married the love of his life, Shirley Marie Saunders. He is a past member of the Wolfville Fire Department. He then became Special Constable with the Wolfville Police Department. In 1967 he joined the Mahone Bay Police Department and served as a constable until 1972 at which time he joined the Hantsport Police Department and served as a constable until 1975 when he was then promoted to Chief of Police and remained in that role until 1980. In 1981 he joined the Nova Scotia Civil Service as a Motor Carrier Inspector serving the South Shore of Nova Scotia and later transferred as a Vehicle Compliance Officer serving at the Enfield scale until his retirement in 2003. Richard enjoyed sports, especially hockey and baseball.
He was predeceased by his parents, Lester and Beatrice (Spencer) Keddy; his paternal grandparents, Joseph and Elsie (Turner) Keddy and his maternal grandparents, Aubrey and Emmeline (Dakin) Spencer.
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1940 - 2021 (80 years)
