Darlene Keys Obituary

Darlene G. Keys

February 9, 1950 - May 24, 2025

PALMETTO - Darlene G. Keys, 75, of Palmetto, Fla., passed away May 24, 2025, following a short illness. Darlene was born in Glens Falls, N.Y., on February 9, 1950, to Norman C. and Susan Horton Keys. Dar was a 1968 graduate of Whitehall High School. She continued her education receiving her LPN from Mary McClellan School of Nursing and later completing her RN degree.

Darlene worked for multiple hospitals in Florida, finishing her career at South Bay Hospital in Sun City. Darlene loved her job. Nursing was her true calling, not only at work but also giving care and medical advice to her family and friends.

Darlene was a golf enthusiast, hitting the links whenever her schedule permitted. When her health kept her off the course she followed faithfully on television. She was also a Kansas City Chiefs fan following all Pro Football.

Darlene was predeceased by her parents; and her brother, John J. Keys.

She is survived by her sister-in-law, Ann Keys, of Whitehall; nephews, Richard (Rachel) Keys, and children, Courtney (Aiden) Switzer, of Jacksonville, Fla., Taylor, Mackenna and Colin, of Queensbury and Michael (Michelle) Keys, and children, Brooke Keys and Vincent Perone, of Queensbury; her cousin, Roy Baker, of Whitehall; and dear friends, Jane and Jim Goff, of Lake Placid, N.Y.

Many thanks to Tidewell Hospice of Bradenton, Fla., for their compassionate care and to her many Florida friends who made her last days special. A heartfelt thanks to Deborah Rozansky for always being there.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 11 a.m., on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Our Lady of Hope Roman Catholic Church in Whitehall N.Y. Burial will follow in the Our Lady of Angels Cemetery in Whitehall.

Darlene's arrangements are under the care of the Jillson Funeral Home Inc., 46 Williams St., Whitehall, N.Y.

Online condolences may be made at www.jillsonfuneralhome.com.