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March 22, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 23, 2012 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Jeffrey L. Keay, age 50 of Wayne, died at home on Thursday, March 22, 2012.
Jeff grew up in Saddle Brook and graduated from Saddle Brook High School in 1980. He went on to Lincoln Tech where he received training as an automotive technician. This led him to continue his education at the RETS Institute and he soon became an electronics technician. He recently went back to Lincoln Tech to keep up his skills and graduated with high honors.
Jeff established his career at the Avatar Studios in New York City, where he worked with his brother, Roger. He loved being in the studio and especially all the wonderful people he got to know over the years, and one of the perks included meeting many music industry superstars along the way. Music was a big part of Jeff’s life and he played bass guitar in several bands over the years. More recently, he played with “Peace Fire” with the same group of friends; Doug Kace, P.J. Keivet, James Doyle. He also played with Anthony Cicillini and had recently been working with his friend Robert Gonzalez planning a tour of Canada and England. Jeff loved the Rock and Roll scene and this upcoming tour was a dream-come-true for him.
Together with his wife, Jeff had also started a company called Eyeball Surveillance, which provided and installed video cameras and surveillance systems. Jeff was a very intelligent individual and he enjoyed the technological aspects of his work. Having his own business helped give him the time he needed to pursue his music career as well.
Jeff met Linda Stimmel in the early 1990’s. A mutual friend invited them to a backyard barbeque and that became their first date. They really hit it off and never parted after that. They were married on October 1, 1994 and enjoyed a wonderful honeymoon to Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand. They were like buddies and had a lot of fun together. Jeff was a great dad too and he loved his daughters. He taught Caitlyn how to ride a dirt bike and they both had quads. He had a huge heart, perhaps bigger than himself, and everyone knew it. He would help his friends, his neighbors, and just about anyone who needed a hand. He was simply everybody’s friend, a great guy, and he will be dearly missed.
Jeff is survived by his wife of seventeen years; Linda, his two daughters; Caitlin and Jacquelyn, his loving parents; Warren and Barbara Keay of Whiting, NJ, his brothers; Gary Keay and his wife Linda of Saddle Brook, and Roger Keay and his wife Roberta of Indian Rock Beach, Florida, his sister; Donna Anzalone and her husband Don of Allentown, NJ, his Aunt Carol VanDuzor of North Wilkes Boro, North Carolina, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his mother-in-law, Sheila Stimmel in 2002, with whom he was very close.
Memorial donations in Jeff’s honor, if friends desire to do so, would be appreciated. Please consider the Wayne Animal Shelter, 201 Pompton Plains Crossroads, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 23, 2012 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
March 22, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, March 23, 2012 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Jeffrey L. Keay, age 50 of Wayne, died at home on Thursday, March 22, 2012.
Jeff grew up in Saddle Brook and graduated from Saddle Brook High School in 1980. He went on to Lincoln Tech where he received training as an automotive technician. This led him to continue his education at the RETS Institute and he soon became an electronics technician. He recently went back to Lincoln Tech to keep up his skills and graduated with high honors.
Jeff established his career at the Avatar Studios in New York City, where he worked with his brother, Roger. He loved being in the studio and especially all the wonderful people he got to know over the years, and one of the perks included meeting many music industry superstars along the way. Music was a big part of Jeff’s life and he played bass guitar in several bands over the years. More recently, he played with “Peace Fire” with the same group of friends; Doug Kace, P.J. Keivet, James Doyle. He also played with Anthony Cicillini and had recently been working with his friend Robert Gonzalez planning a tour of Canada and England. Jeff loved the Rock and Roll scene and this upcoming tour was a dream-come-true for him.
Together with his wife, Jeff had also started a company called Eyeball Surveillance, which provided and installed video cameras and surveillance systems. Jeff was a very intelligent individual and he enjoyed the technological aspects of his work. Having his own business helped give him the time he needed to pursue his music career as well.
Jeff met Linda Stimmel in the early 1990’s. A mutual friend invited them to a backyard barbeque and that became their first date. They really hit it off and never parted after that. They were married on October 1, 1994 and enjoyed a wonderful honeymoon to Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand. They were like buddies and had a lot of fun together. Jeff was a great dad too and he loved his daughters. He taught Caitlyn how to ride a dirt bike and they both had quads. He had a huge heart, perhaps bigger than himself, and everyone knew it. He would help his friends, his neighbors, and just about anyone who needed a hand. He was simply everybody’s friend, a great guy, and he will be dearly missed.
Jeff is survived by his wife of seventeen years; Linda, his two daughters; Caitlin and Jacquelyn, his loving parents; Warren and Barbara Keay of Whiting, NJ, his brothers; Gary Keay and his wife Linda of Saddle Brook, and Roger Keay and his wife Roberta of Indian Rock Beach, Florida, his sister; Donna Anzalone and her husband Don of Allentown, NJ, his Aunt Carol VanDuzor of North Wilkes Boro, North Carolina, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his mother-in-law, Sheila Stimmel in 2002, with whom he was very close.
Memorial donations in Jeff’s honor, if friends desire to do so, would be appreciated. Please consider the Wayne Animal Shelter, 201 Pompton Plains Crossroads, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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