Memorial Service Set For Newburgh Mayor Kennedy

NEWBURGH, NY — A “Transition of Life Service” will be held for Mayor Judy Kennedy who died Sunday, April 15 at the Kaplan Hospice Center. She was 73.

Kennedy had ovarian cancer.

She was first elected in 2011 and served two terms, the Poughkeepsie Journal said.

The service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 19 at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center, 321 South William St. in Newburgh.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Cold Spring, said his heart goes out to Kennedy’s family and city council colleagues, as well as the entire Newburgh community.

“Judy Kennedy and I shared a love for the City of Newburgh,” he said, “and I saw her in action working every day to make Newburgh the city that its wonderful people deserve.”

Maloney said that her focus and tenacity held the city together during a financial crisis and allowed it to come out stronger on the other side.

“Judy’s legacy, and the best way we can remember her, is to finish her work of making Newburgh an even better place to live, work and raise a family,” he said. “As she said in her final statement to the city, we have to ‘rise together’ if we’re going to achieve that goal.”

Kennedy asked that people consider donating live flowers that can be replanted to beautify the city or to send donations to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh, Newburgh Ministries and ShotSpotter of the Newburgh Police Department.

Photo credit: City of Newburgh.