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Darlene Kaye Canada Keith, age 76, of Monticello, Kentucky, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at Jean Waddle Care Center.
Darlene was born on October 2, 1948 to the late Sam Canada and Lela Jane Hammond Canada in Somerset, Kentucky.
She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. She enjoyed crafting, especially making purses, fishing and traveling. She was the first Girl Scout Leader in Monticello, Wayne County, KY. She loved people and never met a stranger.
Darlene was preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Lela Canada, her son, Anthony Wayne Keith, brothers: William Glen Canada, (infant) Eugene Canada, sisters: Iva Louis Baugh and (infant) Margaret Canada.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her husband of 58 years, Edward Alden Keith, daughter Tonia Gail (Sam) Wooten of Bowling Green, Ky; brother Samuel Ray Canada (Dorothy) of NC; and sister Ella Mae Beene of Kokomo, IN and 4 grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Monday, June 2, 2025 from 10am to 12pm in the Chapel of the Southern Oaks Funeral Home with a funeral service to begin at 12pm with Bro. Adam Evans officiating. Burial will follow in Liberty Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Wounded Warriors Project. Southern Oaks Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for Darlene Kaye Canada Keith.