Timeline
1941 Born at Gorgas Hospital, Ancon, Panama Canal Zone
1960 Graduates from Balboa High School, Panama Canal Zone
1962 Enters Cornell University but transfers to SUNY teaching program
Works summers during college as magazine and runway model
1966 Graduates from State University of New York College at Cortland
Travels throughout Europe during summer
1968 Moves with parents to Town Farm Road in New Milford, Conn.
Teaches at New Milford High School
1969 Teaches at Escola Americana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Explores part of Amazon and Sao Francisco rivers in Brazil
1970 Teaches high school art in Washington, Conn.
Meets future husband in storied encounter in New Haven, Conn.
1971 Travels by Volkswagen camper through Mexico and Guatemala
Purchases first house in Woodville section of Washington, Conn.
1972 Marries Dwight E. Keeney
Becomes chair of art dept. at new Shepaug Regional High School
1973 Purchases family home on Old Mt. Tom Road in Litchfield, Conn.
1974 Gives birth to first son, Booth E. Keeney and retires from teaching
1976 Gives birth to second son, Collin W. Keeney
1978 Starts to put on art programs and organize performances at local schools
1984 Takes first of several vacations at Good Hope Plantation in Jamaica
1985 Starts to work in art restoration with Bill and Dorothy Keck
1986 Begins treatment following initial diagnosis with breast cancer
1999 Purchases paradise homesite at Seal Cove on Swan’s Island, Maine
2003 Celebrates wedding of son Collin with Yoko Shimada of Osaka, Japan
2008 Spends wonderful summer gardening and dog-sitting in Amsterdam
2010 Celebrates birth of first grandchild, Hugo Winfield Shimada-Keeney
Focuses more on painting seascapes of rockbound Maine coast
2012 Celebrates fortieth wedding anniversary on Swan’s Island
2013 Succumbs to metastatic breast cancer more than 25 years after initial diagnosis