Keith Wilson

Keith Wilson, 24 years old, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack on December 30th from complications related to his 5-year recovery from brain cancer. Keith was born at home on May 2, 1985 in Nashua, NH. He spent his early childhood years in Wilton and lived in Amherst for the past 14 years. He was a 2003 graduate of Souhegan High School. Keith was an inspiration to those around him for his unwavering ability to express love, gratitude, and joy in each moment of his life. He embraced the challenges of cancer and short-term memory loss with humor and grace, saying �It could be worse!� and continuously thanked his mother, father, caregivers, and doctors. Keith was a free spirit who valued his family above all else and enjoyed simple pleasures. Prior to his illness, he was an inquisitive, athletic young man who enjoyed friends, math, music, Frisbee, mountain biking, hockey, skiing, and playing the drums. After his illness he continued to enjoy solving the Rubik�s cube, playing card games, eating ice cream, and volunteer work. His loving family includes his parents, Geoffrey and Mary (Black) Wilson, sisters Michelle, Heather and Danielle Wilson, brother-in-law, Nate Folan, as well as his grandparents, Raymond and Evelyn Wilson, and Ella Black, along with many loving aunts, uncles, and cousins. In lieu of flowers, the family would ask that donations be made to Stepping Stones, which has been such a beautiful part of Keith�s life for the past 5 years, http://www.krempelsfoundation.org/steppingstones.shtml or Community Hospice House, http://www.hhc.org which provided a warm and loving environment for Keith to spend his final days. A mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Patrick�s Church, 34 Amherst Street, Milford, NH on Saturday, January 2nd at 10:30 am. Immediately following the funeral mass, a celebration of his life will be held at the Crowne Plaza, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua, NH. You may attend one or both.