Patricia Louise Kennedy, 86, of Norwood

Patricia Louise (Hoar) Kennedy, 86, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 18, in Norwood. The wife of the late Richard F. Kennedy, she was a resident of Norwood for 50 years.

Born in the West End of Boston, she was a daughter of the late Daniel P. and Catherine (Lynch) Hoar. She is survived by her children: Patricia and her husband, Francis McCrossan, of N. Kingstown, RI; Richard F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife, Deborah, of Wrentham;  Mary Ann Kennedy and her husband,  Robert Rosenberg,  of McLean, VA;  Daniel P. Kennedy and his wife, Andrea, of Mansfield and Kathleen and her husband, John P. McDonough, of Westwood. 

Nana of 17, Meaghan, Matthew, Patrick and Mary Beth McCrossan; Richard III, Sarah and Thomas Kennedy; Aaron, Edward and Dana Rosenberg; Christopher, Kaitlyn and Danielle Kennedy; John, Katherine, Richard and Colleen McDonough and Aunt of many nieces and nephews.

Patricia was predeceased by her siblings Katherine Ginewicz, Edna Fitzgibbon, Jacqueline Fogarty, Daniel, John and William Hoar.

Patricia was an active member of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, serving as a member of its Ladies Sodality, a Eucharistic Minister, a CCD teacher and a member of the Norwood Catholic Women’s Club. She also volunteered at the Norwood Hospital and the C.J. Prescott School. 

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, May 23, at 9 a.m. at the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole St., Norwood, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m., at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 547 Washington St. , Norwood. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery in Norwood.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, May 22, from 4-8 p.m. at the funeral  home. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Patricia’s memory to Brownie Points, P.O. Box 398, Norwood, MA 02062 or via www.mattbrownnumber3.org or to Autism Speaks, 1060 State Rd., 2nd Fl, Princeton, NJ 08540 or via www.autismspeaks.org.