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Kathleen Leo
Kathleen Leo (nee Kennedy) died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on April 15 at her home in Southampton. She was 77.
Born in Brooklyn to James and Nora Kennedy, where she lived with her five brothers and sisters in a big, beautiful Irish family, she met her husband in Brooklyn at the age of 19 and soon began her new family in Fort Salonga.
She believed in family, loyalty and God above all else. After she and her husband founded and established Leo’s Electric Corporation in 1976, she worked for the district attorney’s office and the Burke and Sullivan law firm, while at the same time raising her children and grandchildren. She was a strong, beautiful and loving woman who will be deeply missed by all who came to know her, her family said.
She is survived by her husband Charles Leo; their children Anthony (Tracy), Charles (Kerry), Jennifer (Damian), Joseph (Alejandra), and Tina (James); 14 grandchildren; her sister Noreen; her two sisters-in -law, Joan and Maryann Kennedy; her sister and brother-in-law Frances and Paul Guglielmetti; and 25 nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers Phillip and James; sisters Anne and Mary; and nephew Michael.
Visitation was held on Tuesday, April 19, from 2-7 p.m. at R.J. O’Shea Funeral Home in Hampton Bays. Service was held on Wednesday, April 20, at 10 a.m. at The Basilica Parish of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton, followed by a burial in Southampton Cemetery.
Staff Writer on Apr 18, 2022