Doris Keehan

Doris T Keehan of Woodside, NY passed away on September 11, 2023. A reposing for Doris will be held Friday, September 15, 2023 from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Kennedy-Roth Funeral Home, 41-45 58th Street, Woodside, NY 11377. A mass of christian burial will occur Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM at St. Sebastian R. C. Church, 58-02 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377. A laid to rest will occur Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 11:45 AM to 12:00 PM at Calvary Cemetery, 49-02 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Woodside, NY 11377.

Doris was a lifelong resident of Woodside, NY. She earned her Associate’s Degree from Elizabeth Seton College and her Bachelor’s Degree from Marymount Manhattan College while working full time. She was a trailblazer for her generation. She thrived at Macy’s, having begun her career as a clerical in Long Island City and rose to the rank of Northeast Regional Manager of Transportation and Logistics. She was honored for the decades she spent working on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Macy’s Fireworks, Tap-O-Mania and Petacular Events. After her thirty year career with them, she continued to work as an Operations Manager in NYC. For fifteen years, she volunteered her time as a CCD Teacher at St. Sebastian Church guiding and preparing local children for the Sacrament of Communion.

Doris is preceded in death by her parents Michael and Bernadette Cleary, and her sister Maureen Waldron. Doris is survived by her daughters Janine Keehan, Denise Keehan-Smith and her husband Casey Smith. Beloved sister to Michael Cleary and his wife Eileen, Bernadette McQuade and her husband Robert, Timothy Cleary, Dennis Cleary and his wife Kathleen, and numerous nieces and nephews.