on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at AdventHealth Hospice Inpatient Care Unit, Orlando,
FL following a courageous battle with COVID-19. Born September 23, 1941 in
Baltimore, MD “Jimmy” was the eldest of six children to the late Francis and Beatrice
Kinney. During a pilgrimage to the Holy Land Jim met the second love of his life,
Maureen Carmody Michael. They married on August 7, 2009 and moved to Maureen’s
home in Orlando, FL. His joyful intensity and love was impossible not to witness each
time he gazed at her. Together they played, traveled, learned, and united two Irish
American families.
Jim graduated from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, MD and attended the
University of Maryland. He was honorably discharged from the United States Coast
Guard in 1966. While serving as an ET2 and stationed in Korea, he met his first wife,
Mary Jo McAuliffe. Together they raised four children, made lifetime friendships,
traveled the continental United States, and eventually settled in Mary Jo’s hometown of
Auburn, NY. With prayers and the love and support of family and friends, Jim walked
alongside Mary Jo during her long and courageous journey with Alzheimer’s disease
until her death on January 21, 2008.
Jim was blessed with exemplary role models who taught him to see the talents and
strength in people of all abilities, the responsibility of voting, learning, and making time
for play and travel. His brain worked like a calculator with his love of numbers the
foundation for his career in the computer industry. After thirty plus years working for the
Cuthbert family at Medent in Auburn, NY he retired in 2011. Whether the daily
newspaper, a presidential biography, Magnificat, or researching his grandchildren's
interests, his interest and pursuit of information was boundless and his yearn to share
infinite.
An avid Syracuse basketball, UCF football, and sports fan, Jim jumped at any
opportunity to watch a game, especially if his grandchild was participating. He
maintained he was the best ping pong player in his family, despite traveling to Korea
and being beaten by a young, skilled girl. Cherished is the memory of Jim singing “Ave
Maria” acapella at Easter Mass and hearing his voice Sunday mornings. The gift of his
grandchildren pursuing the love of music was immeasurable. As an audience member
at his grandchildren’s school concerts and plays, the Merry Go Round theatre, or a
production of Guys and Dolls in St. Cloud, MN Jim shared their musical interests with
delight. Starting with summers on the farm in Owego, NY and train rides to NYC Jim
continued to explore and learn about this wonderous world while making time to stop
and share Mass, coffee, and memories with dear friends and family. His frequent flyer
and AAA memberships were joyously utilized with family vacations in Myrtle Beach,
being mesmerized by the Grand Canyon, sibling tours of Israel and Ireland, a sunrise
bike ride down Mount Haleakala, sailing off the coast of Maine and Carribean cruises,
touring museums and national landmarks, and traveling with his wife while she worked
and advocated for National Kidney and Renal Associations.
At the core of Jim’s life was an intense and strong relationship with God and the desire
to connect and commitment to family, friends, and organizations. He witnessed the
sanctity in human life and the call to help others from childhood. It’s foundation began at
Riverdale Presbyterian Church while he participated in youth groups with his siblings.
Jim received the Sacrament of Initiation and became Roman Catholic following his
marriage to his first wife Mary Jo. His faith was passively witnessed in support of his
wives as they volunteered feeding and clothing the hungry, starting a Hospice
organization, advocating for renal patients, or ministering to the sick. He strongly
supported the Alzheimer’s Association, advocating for increased care, support and
accelerated research in the fight for the cure. Following retirement Jim eagerly served
the church. He was committed to the power of prayer and the rosary, witnessing God’s
graces throughout his lifetime. Jim was a third degree member of the Knights of
Columbus; sang in church choirs; an usher, lector, and Eucharistic minister; active in
the Cursillo Movement and men’s bible study; and a volunteer of the Consolation
Ministry and Ministry of the Sick. The friendship and fellowship he shared in his home
church, St. Joseph Church in Orlando, FL brought him great joy and blessings.
Jim was incredibly proud and thankful for his family. Known as Gumpy, his pride only
multiplied in his relationship with his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Maureen
Michael; children Lucinda (James, favorite 1st son-in-law) Towle, Elisabeth Kinney,
Maureen (Scott) Angotti, Michael (Greta Smolnisky) Kinney, Dawn (Art Bergen)
Olivardia; nephew Rob (Kay) Sanders; grandchildren Maria Towle, Deborah (Ben) Gray,
Daniel (Krysta Rehrig) Angotti, Julia Angotti, Margaret Angotti, Joseph Angotti, Peter
Angotti, David Angotti, Malachy Kinney, Myles Kinney, Nina Olivardia, and Gracey
Olivardia; grand niblings Kathryn (Simon Fisher) Sanders and Sean Sanders; siblings
Frank (Sallie) Kinney, Alice (Tee Tee) Monar, Chuck (Glenna) Kinney, Douglas Kinney,
Patti (Dave) Cottler, Bob May, and Joan (Bill) Micklitsch; cousin “Queen” Mary Cordelli;
adored nieces and nephews; lifetime and cherished friends Donna and Stosh Mashakas
and Bernie and Margie Tomasso; and “adopted” kids and grandkids. Jim was
predeceased by his parents, Francis and Beatrice Kinney; first wife Mary Jo McAuliffe
Kinney; siblings Russell Kinney, Jerry Monar, Jeanne May, Edward “Red” Carmody;
cousin Ray Cordelli; and great granddaughter Karen Gray.
A Catholic Memorial Mass will be held on February 27th at 1:00 P.M. at
St. Joseph Catholic Church with A The Reverend Benjamin Lehnertz will be officiating.
Then burial at St. Joseph Cemetery in Fleming, NY. will take place at the safest,
earliest convenience of the family.
A heartfelt thank you to our incredible family and friends who prayed, loved, and
supported Jim and family from afar; the medical team at AdventHealth East COVID-19
P.C.U. and AdventHealth Hospice Inpatient Care; and Reverend Benjamin Lehnertz
and St Joseph Church who, along with the grace of God, worked to physically heal then
provide comfort and peace as Jim entered into eternal life.
In keeping with the golden rule and in the fight against COVID-19, the family of James
E. Kinney requests we maintain vigilance in WEARING OUR MASKS, WASHING
HANDS, SOCIAL DISTANCING and GETTING VACCINATED . In lieu of flowers, the
family suggests donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, Hospice, Frontline Foods,
Catholic Charities, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, or a Charity of your choice.
Thank you and God’s blessings.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Saturday, September 25th, 2021 at 11:00 A.M.
at St. Mary's Church in Auburn, NY. with interment following at St. Joseph's Cemetery
in Fleming, NY.
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