Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York - Sad News: Passing of Kathleen Kirwan / Viewing Tomorrow 5/2

Sad News: Passing of Kathleen Kirwan / Viewing Tomorrow 5/2

Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:44 PM | Deleted user

A.R.T. members alerted the A.R.T. Board this evening of the sad news of the death of Kathleen Kirwan. A viewing has been scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, May 2nd, with details below.

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Kathleen Kirwan

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Katie Kirwan, 59, of Brooklyn, N.Y., passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014, of complications from multiple sclerosis. She was born April 1, 1955, in Youngstown, Ohio, a daughter of the late Mary Jewel and Michael J. Kirwan Jr.Ms. Kirwan was a 1973 graduate of Peters Township High School and obtained several undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and New York University. She was a former archivist in the Special Collections Department for New York City. Surviving are her brother, Michael J. Kirwan III, and three sisters, Molly J. Kirwan, Bridget M. Kirwan and Maureen K. McLaughlin. She is also survived by three nieces, Christy, Casey and Anna, and her dear friend, David Kisacky.

Viewing is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 2, in Hugh Reid Funeral Home, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Reid Funeral Home

153 Greenpoint Ave.

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

718-383-7500

Published in Observer-Reporter on Apr. 30, 2014

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