Fair. The man struck and killed by the commuter train train, which remembered and 'reminded' as “love and humble”

A Cohaset man who was hit and killed by an MBTA commuter train at the beginning of this month is reminded that he always put his family in front of himself.

On May 3, 78-year-old John Canney drove a pickup with a pickup on the Beechwood Street Railroad Change in Cohasset when the truck was hit by the train, said the district of the district in Norfolk County. He was declared dead at the crime scene and his truck was declared a total loss.

According to his obituary in Davenport, Iowa, John Frederick Caney was born as the son of John and Marjorie Canney. The couple raised him in Needham, Massachusetts, and he completed him with a degree in German literature by Umass Amherst.

After the college, according to his obituary, Canney was introduced to the financial world through a job in Wall Street in New York City. He found a municipal advisory group based in Boston.

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Canney was an enthusiastic reader and looked at the Mathematics Dictionary Light Reading according to his obituary. He was also a member of the Cohaset Yacht Club and had a passion for sailing.

“Always the patient, the constant and capable captain, he loved sailing his Atlantic City cat boat, Annie S.,” says his obituary.

In recent times, Canney discovered his love for painting after his obituary. He could often be worked on a miniature pressure.

Canney was married to his wife Barbara Canney for 42 years and leaves her and his son Garrett Caney, according to his obituary. He is described as “a devoted husband and father who always put his family in front of himself”.

“John was a dear and modest man of size, and the world is reduced by his loss,” says his obituary.

A memorial service for Canney is planned for Sunday, May 25th, at 2 p.m. in the St. Anthony of Padua Church in Cohasset. A celebration of his life will follow immediately afterwards in the cottage of the Lightkeeper in Cohasset.

Instead of flowers, Canney's family asks that according to his obituary, people donate to a local non -profit organization of their choice.