Frederic A. Keating

Frederic A. Keating, 91, of Sayville, N.Y., died on September 1, 2025. Raised in Queens, he graduated from Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn before serving in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He went on to earn his Bachelor’s from St. John’s University, his Master’s from Queens College, and his Doctor of Education Degree from Hofstra University. 

Dr. Fred, as his many students and friends called him, worked as a teacher, supervisor and principal across many school districts on Long Island as well as St. Joseph’s University in Patchogue. He coached track and chess, and umpired high school baseball for more than 25 years. He volunteered for the Suffolk County Board of Elections for decades, and for the committee that planned the new Sayville Public Library that opened in 2009. He was a very active parishioner at St. Lawrence RC Church in Sayville, where he was a lector, a tenor in the choir, and a longtime member of the Knights of Columbus.

Keating is survived by his wife of 61 years, Patricia; their children, Peter and his wife Karen of Montclair, N.J., and Sara Ross and her husband Andrew of Holliston, Mass.; their grandchildren, Eleanor, Izabella, Leonardo and Samantha; his sisters, Pamela, Celine and her husband Mark Levy, and Merren Lin and her husband Arnie; and many cousins, nephews and nieces. He was predeceased by his brother, Roger, and sister-in-law Nan.

Friends and relatives will gather on Friday, September 5 from 2:00 to 4:30 PM and 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Raynor & D’Andrea Funeral Home in West Sayville. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, September 6 at 10:00 AM at St. Lawrence RC Church in Sayville, with interment to follow at the parish cemetery.