Richard Charles Keith
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Richard Charles Keith
December 3, 1933 – April 20, 2024.
Dick, as he was known to family and friends, was the youngest son of Beatrice and Charles Keith of Waltham, Massachusetts and York Beach, Maine.
After graduating from Waltham High School, Dick enlisted in the US Air Force and was stationed in Galveston, Texas. He later attended Norwich University, a military college in Northfield, VT, until a hockey injury left him hospitalized. After recovering, he transferred to the University of Maine, Orono, where he earned a Bachelors of Science in Business and Economics, later attending the Northern New England School of Banking and the School of Bank Examination of the Federal Reserve System in Washington DC.
A longtime resident of southern Maine and New Hampshire, Dick spent his career in investment banking working at Casco Bank & Trust, Nashua Trust, First New Hampshire Bank, The Bank of New Hampshire, BankEast and First Bancorp of NH. He was a member the American Bankers Association, a former Director of the Kiwanis Club of Manchester, a former member of the Merrimack Chamber of Commerce and a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the YWCA of Nashua.
He was also a member of the Saint James Methodist Church where he met and married his devoted wife, Carolyn, in 1994. The two later retired to New London, New Hampshire where they enjoyed kayaking, hiking and birdwatching.
Dick was an award-winning amateur photographer, an avid skier and golfer, and forever a Boston Bruins fan, but he was most at home grilling up his famous shish kabobs in the backyard which he’d serve up with a side of horribly corny jokes with relish.
Dick was predeceased by his wife, Carolyn (Ellis) Keith, and his two brothers, Donald and Robert Keith. He is survived by his six children from prior marriages, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, as well as his nieces and nephews.
His ashes will be scattered at a private ceremony in York Beach, Maine where he spent many summers with his family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the New Hampshire Audubon Society: www.NHAudubon.org
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