Carolyn Keane Obituary

Carolyn B. Keane
1944 Brighton, MA - 2025 Lebanon, ME
Carolyn was the daughter of the late William Stuart Keane and Leokadia Bertha (Dombrowski) Keane. Carolyn will be remembered for her exceptional compassion and kindness towards those less fortunate, as well as her respect and care for all living creatures, regardless of their circumstances. Growing up, her connection with nature and all living things became a way of life she found easy to follow. Through her mother's example, an instinctive commitment to the less fortunate, weak and abandoned animals of any and all kinds came naturally. She was fearless and without hesitation when it came to protecting and caring for the natural world she loved so much, including most of all those frightened creatures who were unable to care for themselves.
Her commitment, although sometimes not acknowledged, was often overlooked by those who used a more traditional standard for measuring success. She regarded the city as an artificial place with its never-ending contest for status driven monetary achievement. Having worked 40 years in Boston, she saved enough of her wages to buy land in the woods of Maine and Vermont, eventually settling on forty acres in Lebanon, Maine, where she and her husband John would maintain their cherished cabin. That was where she was at peace, herself part of the natural beauty in a world that was heavenly to her. That was where she dwelled happily and spent her days. Through her heart's wisdom, Carolyn selflessly became part of that forest and that world, it's beauty and all its creatures, surrounded by what she loved, where she would walk the walk of her life in harmony and die there in peace on June 14th, 2025. She was 80 years old.
She is survived by her loving husband, John Costello; her son, William Keane and his wife Caroline of New Boston, NH; her sisters, Catherine Palumbo and husband Paul of Newton, MA, and Elizabeth Tiedemann and husband Richard of South Berwick, ME; her cherished grandchildren, Grace Keane and husband Matt Brown and Emily Keane; her dear aunt, Irene McCall; and John's children, Susan Costello of South Berwick and Christopher Cornish of Alfred, ME.