Brian K. O'Connor's Obituary
Brian K. (Keith) O'Connor was born on June 6, 1937
Keith was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great - grandfather. He joined his heavenly father on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at his home in Boynton Beach. Keith was born in Chicago, moving to Denver as an infant and subsequently moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 12.
In 1957, he met his wife Linda Hartwell in Davie, Florida while stationed in the Navy in Key West. They married in August 1958, living in Key West and Charleston, S.C. for the duration of his Navy career before returning to South Florida. He started his own insurance career with State Farm
in 1963, consistently becoming one of the top 50 agents in the company out of 17,000. He and Linda were fortunate to be able to travel to any countries, taking their family to many of them, experiencing incredible adventures. Keith visited more than 50 countries around the world. Ireland, Australia, France, Spain and Italy were his favorites.
He was also proud to be the founder of a motivational study group, meeting in Colorado each winter. This group combines fun and skiing with work, studying ways to be more successful business people and featuring well known motivational speakers. Keith and his wife Linda were blessed with four children: a daughter Karen preceded him in death in October 1959,
Kathy (Jeff) Walker, Kristine ( Brian) Parkins, and David O'Connor and his partner Sunny Fletcher. He also leaves seven grandchildren: Amie Casamassina and her husband Mica, Ashley Parkins, Ryan Walker, Kelsey and her twin Brenna Parkins, Emily O'Connor, Megan O'Connor. He also leaves three great - grandchildren: Cora, Cole and Connor Casamassina.
His family will celebrate his life at his son David's home on Sunday, February 24th between 2:00 & 5:00 pm.
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