John T. Kennedy

KENNEDY, John T. John T. Kennedy, 78 of West Hartford, husband, father, teacher, and coach died Monday, May 29, 2006 at The Hospital for Special Care at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He was the husband of the late Nancy Peters Kennedy. Born in Hartford, the son of the late John and Mary Dowd Kennedy, he had made his home in West Hartford the past 37 years. John was a graduate of the University of Connecticut and earned his Masters Degree from The University of Hartford. Before his retirement, he was a math teacher and basketball coach at Wethersfield High School. Prior to this, he was a Thomaston High School teacher and coached its' 1962 basketball team to the State Championship in an undefeated season. In 1999, he was inducted into the East Windsor Athletic Hall of Fame. He was an active member of St. Timothy?s Parish in West Hartford. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He is survived by his six children, their spouses and his 11 grandchildren; John T. Kennedy, III of Wellington, NV, and his wife Christine Utting and their children Brian, Jane and Sam; Mary K. Bohn and her husband William of West Hartford and their children Jake, Christian, and Elizabeth; Brian Kennedy his wife Dayna and their children, Scott and Ally of Avon, Catherine K. Campagna, her husband John, and her step-son Nicholas of Simsbury; Robert Kennedy and his wife Kelly of West Hartford, and Rosemary K. LeClair, her husband David of Sterling, MA, and their children Charlotte and Heather. His brother William Kennedy of Enfield also survives him. Funeral services will be Friday at 9:15 a.m. from the Molloy Funeral Home 906 Farmington Ave. West Hartford, with a mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in the Church of St. Timothy, 1116 No. Main St. West Hartford. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Calling hours are Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Kennedy?s family wish to express their sincere thanks to the staff of the Intensive Care Unit at St. Francis Hospital and the Hospital for Special Care. Online messages of sympathy and remembrances may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com

John T. Kennedy

July 25, 1927 - May 29, 2006