FRANKLIN – Royal Salisbury Keene, 82, died March 18, 2011, in Bar Harbor. He was born June 18, 1928, in Bar Harbor, son of Henry Otis and Addie (Salisbury) Keene.
Royal was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in the Korean War. He married Juanita Farrell in 1954. Royal was a local school bus driver and in 1968 he and Juanita opened Royal Green Houses, Bar Harbor, which they ran together until retirement in 1989. He was a member of American Legion Post No. 25, Bar Harbor.
Royal is survived by his wife, Juanita; two sons, Alan Keene and wife, Patricia, and R. Christopher Keene and wife, Kimberly, all of Bar Harbor; two daughters, Jennie Keene of Bar Harbor and Brenda Power of West Virginia; eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Alice MacDonald of Massachusetts and Mary Brown of Bar Harbor; many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.
A graveside service will be held in the spring at Ledgelawn Cemetery, Bar Harbor. Contributions may be made in Royal’s memory to Mount Desert Island YMCA, P.O. Box 51, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 or SPCA of Hancock County, 141 Bar Harbor Road, Trenton, ME 04605. Condolences may be expressed at
www.jordanfernald.com.