James E. Kenealy

James E. Kenealy, a 43-year resident of Tomahawk Lake in Blooming Grove, died December 26, 2005 at Orange Regional Medical Center, Arden Hill Campus. He was 69.

The son of James A. Kenealy and Marie Free Kenealy, he was born February 12, 1936 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

A retired High School English Teacher for Washingtonville schools, he was also a Town of Blooming Grove Justice since 1980. He was the first registered Conservative to be elected to office in New York State.

Mr. Kenealy was a graduate of Xavier High School in New York City and St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pa. He received his Masters at Fordham University.

He was an avid fan of fishing, boating and water sports with his grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife, Mary M. McCafferty Kenealy, at home; four sons: Dr. James F.X. Kenealy and his wife, Vanessa, of Hopkinton, Mass., John Kenealy and his wife, Sandra, of Turner, Maine, Edmund Kenealy and his wife, Deborah, of Sudbury, Mass., and Terrence Kenealy of Newbury Port, Mass.; sisters, Karen Baker and husband, John, of Staten Island, N.Y., Anne Logan and husband, Joseph, of Staten Island, N.Y.; grandchildren: Andrew Kenealy, Diana Kenealy, Aidan Kenealy, Allyson Petit and Thomas Petit; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 from 4-6 p.m. and Thursday, December 29 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the David T. Ferguson Funeral Home, 20 North St., Washingtonville, N.Y.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on December 30, 2005 at 10 a.m. in St. Columba Church, Chester, N.Y. Cremation will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Lung Association, 35 Orchard St., White Plains, NY 10603, or Priests for Life, P.O. Box 141172, Staten Island, NY 10314.

This obituary was originally published in the Times Herald-Record.