Mary E. (Kimball) Kennedy

Mary E. Kennedy, (nee Kimball), 99, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at home in Whiting, NJ.

Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, NJ on Thursday, July 25 from 4 to 8 p.m. The funeral will begin in the funeral home on Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. then to St. Cecilia R.C. Church, Kearny where an 11:00 a.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ.

Born in Stonington, CT, Mary lived in Kearny and Piscataway, NJ before moving to Whiting twenty years ago.

Mrs. Kennedy was collector and seller of antiques. She owned and operated the Old & New Shop for 15 years beginning on Midland Avenue in Kearny before relocating the shop to Kearny Avenue. Mrs. Kennedy was an avid painter, having started in oils, then transitioning to watercolors in her later years. She sold her works at art shows, and eventually painting became a hobby.

She is survived by her children, Rita Pallotti (Charles), Christine Gallagher, Maryann Kopfer, Ronald Kennedy and Kevin Kennedy (Monica). Mary was the grandmother of Eleanor Quinless, Christian Kennedy, Jason Pallotti, Adam Kennedy, Nicholas Kopfer and Jessica Pallotti and the great-grandmother of Layla Quinless, Russell Kennedy, Alexander Ramirez, Andrew Ramirez, Jovanny Reyes, Chloe Britting and Robert Britting.

Mary was predeceased by her husband, Irving “Pete” Kennedy, three sons, Russell Kennedy, Roger “Rory”” Kennedy and Peter Kennedy, two grandchildren, Iris Gallagher and Heather Gallagher and one great-grandchild Aiden Ramirez as well as her siblings, Joseph, Martin and Thomas Kimball and Anne Kirchner.

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