Egon Lassen Keller

With great sadness we announce the death of Egon Lassen Keller on March 12^th, 2026, at Hospice Simcoe where he just celebrated his 89^th birthday.

Egon is survived by his 34-year life companion, Mireille Rominger and family, Eric Rominger (Maureen), Julia Rominger (Sam), Mandy Rominger (Rob) and Jean Miller.

Egon was born in Denmark where he trained as a pastry chef.  He loved to travel and practised his trade in many countries over Scandinavia, South Africa before settling in Canada in 1964.

Egon was well known in the industry.  For some 20 years, he served as President of the Pastry Chefs Guild of Ontario which later became the Canadian Pastry Chefs Guild.  For the last 10 years of his career, he worked as a sales representative for La Rocca.

Upon retirement, Egon moved from Richmond Hill to Barrie where he joined the Barrie Farmers’ Market.  Egon’s Chocolate stand was well known by the market patrons.

We would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to Royal Victoria Hospital and Hospice Simcoe for their outstanding and compassionate care he received the past 3 months.  It is greatly appreciated.