Norman Warren Henley KEDDY

Norman Warren Henley Keddy February 16, 1917 - May 01, 2005 Funeral arrangements by Atlantic Funeral Home (Dartmouth) KEDDY, Norman Warren Henley - 88, dARTMOUTH, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2005 (THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC), in DARTMOUTH GENERAL HOSPITAL. BORN FEBRUARY 16, 1917, in CHELSEA, LUNENBURG CO., HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE GIDEON and ELIZABETH "BESSIE" (HENLEY) KEDDY. NORMAN WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A MAN OF GREAT INTEGRITY, WIT AND HUMOUR. HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 56 YEARS, THE FORMER ANN FRANCES GRAY; CHILDREN, CAROLYN (TERRY) BARNETT, JUDY, CARMEN AND PAMELA KEDDY; GRANDCHILDREN, PAUL AND MICHELLE BARNETT, IAN AND LISA COVERT, ALL OF DARTMOUTH; SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY SISTERS, ETHEL, ALMA, DOROTHY; BROTHERS, MELVIN, WILLIS, MURRAY, EMERSON. NORMAN WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS ANCESTRY, AS THE KEDDY FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING SETTLERS OF LUNENBURG COUNTY ARRIVING WITH EDWARD CORNWALLIS IN 1749. NORMAN ENLISTED IN 1940 AND WAS DEMOBILIZED IN FEBruary 1946. HE WAS A D-DAY VETERAN AND SERVED DURING THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN. HE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE WEST NOVA SCOTIA REGIMENT. HE WAS A MEMBER IN THE NORMANDY VETERANS ASSOCIATION AND THE RCEME ASSOCIATION. NORMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION FOR THE PAST 59 YEARS. BEFORE AND AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE NORMAN WAS A WELL-KNOWN CONTRACTOR WITH HIS BROTHER EMERSON, THEN LATER ON HIS OWN. NORM BUILT MANY FINE HOMES IN VARIOUS AREAS OF HALIFAX COUNTY. TWO NOTABLE PROJECTS WERE THE RESTORATION OF THE HALIFAX CITADEL AND THE RESTORATION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE ON DEVILS ISLAND AT THE MOUTH OF THE HALIFAX HARBOUR. IN LATER YEARS NORMAN PURSUED SEVERAL BUSINESS VENTURES INCLUDING REAL ESTATE, RESTAURANTs AND RETAIL OUTLETS. HE ONLY FULLY RETIRED IN 1987. NORMAN WAS A PROUD VETERAN AND A HUGE SUPPORTER OF MANY CHARITIES. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, YOUR SUPPORT OF ANY VETERAN'S ORGANIZATION OR CHARITY WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY NORMAN AND HIS FAMILY. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO ATLANTIC FUNERAL HOME, 771 MAIN ST., DARTMOUTH. FUNERAL SERVICE 2:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY in WYNDHOLME CHURCH, 46 WYNDHOLME AVE., REV. NEIL BERGMAN, NORMAN'S COUSIN, OFFICIATING. INTERMENT IN DARTMOUTH MEMORIAL GARDENS. RECEPTION TO FOLLOW IN WYNDHOLME CHURCH. ON-LINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY VISITING: WWW.ATLANTICFUNERALHOMES.COM