{"id":23233,"date":"2019-08-08T07:56:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T11:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=23233"},"modified":"2019-08-08T07:57:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T11:57:09","slug":"spencer-keith-wilbur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/08\/spencer-keith-wilbur\/","title":{"rendered":"SPENCER, Keith Wilbur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Born July 25, 1938, Keith passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Monday, August 5, 2019.\u00a0 He was a beloved and dedicated husband to Doris for 62 years.\u00a0 Recently he shared a story that he knew she was \u201cthe one\u201d from the first day he met her.\u00a0 Keith was a loving and caring father of Kurt Spencer (Lucie) of Dubreuilville, Cheryl Spencer (late Al Kostiw) of Sudbury, Beverly Nantel (Gilbert Perth) of Dubreuilville, and Carolyn Gravelle (David) of Washago.\u00a0 He was the proud grandfather to Adam (Shamin), Karl, Sarah (Jason), Justin (Amy), Sandra (Ray), Roger (Annick), Amanda (Bradley), Doryss (Stefon) and Kyle and great-grandfather of 13 \u2013 Aniliese, Oscar, Dylen, Evan, Jayden, Brandon, Madison, Benoit, Zoey, Mable-Cree, Jeremiah, Emmanuel and Isaiah.<\/p>\n

Keith was born in Great Village, Nova Scotia, lived over fifty years in Wawa, Ontario and spent the last ten years at Gros Cap just outside Sault Ste. Marie.\u00a0 He is described as being a kind, giving man, with a quick wit and teasing nature.\u00a0 His strong and committed work ethic contributed to the successful operation of Keith Spencer Trucking for over 40 years.<\/p>\n

For many years, he enjoyed travelling to Texas and other south-western states with family and friends where he explored the cowboy way of life.\u00a0 He settled into retirement at Gros Cap where he fed the birds (and squirrels), played a game or two of cards, and watched the ships travel the St. Mary\u2019s River.\u00a0 He had a sharp memory and shared many tales of his life in Nova Scotia and Wawa.\u00a0 He touched many lives in his dance through life.<\/p>\n

Keith\u2019s family would like to thank the staff at Sault Area Hospital and the home care nurses and personal support workers who provided the personalized care that allowed Keith to be home for several months.\u00a0 Special thanks to the Wound Care Clinic at Sault Area Hospital for their compassion and outstanding care.<\/p>\n

Family and friends are invited to visit at the First United Church, Wawa on Sunday, August 11, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. until time of the Funeral Service at 1:30 p.m. with Mrs. Lorna Chiupka officiating.\u00a0 Interment will follow at Woodland Cemetery, Wawa.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, the family gratefully appreciates memorial donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association or to the Sault Area Hospital Foundation.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Kerry Funeral Home, Wawa, www.kerryfuneralhome.ca<\/p>\n

\u201cMay we all aspire to live as he did \u2013 Cowboy-up, everyone!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Born July 25, 1938, Keith passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Monday, August 5, 2019.\u00a0 He was a beloved and dedicated husband to Doris for 62 years.\u00a0 Recently he shared a story that he knew she was \u201cthe one\u201d from the first day he met her.\u00a0 Keith was a loving and caring father …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2125],"class_list":["post-23233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fnews","tag-keith-spencer"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 16:36:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23235,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23233\/revisions\/23235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}