WAPPINGERS FALLS – Virginia Mary Kunkel, a local area resident since 1973 and formerly of Canton, MA, passed away on Saturday, June 15 at the Kaplan Family Hospice Residence in Newburgh. She was 92.
Daughter of the late Frances and Mildred (Cutter) Fitzpatrick, she was born in Dorchester, MA on May 7, 1927. On July 8, 1950, she married Joseph Kunkel in Boston, MA. She was predeceased by her husband on January 27, 2004.
Virginia is survived by her children and their spouses: Paul & Melodie Kunkel of Salt Point, Susan & Jack Meighan of West Chester, PA, Joseph & Lisa Kunkel of Pleasant Valley, Karen & Robert Brisman of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Richard & Michele Kunkel of Poughkeepsie, David & Catherine Kunkel of Poughkeepsie, James & Allison Kunkel of Poughkeepsie, Elizabeth & Edwin Palmer of Tallahassee, FL, and Edward & Eve Kunkel of Salt Point; her grandchildren: Christina, Amanda & husband Cory, Megan, Brendan, Colleen, Michael, Matthew, Chelsea & husband Jeffrey, Ariel, Ethan, Makenzie, Zachary, Nicholas, Cassandra, Tyler, Trevor & wife Brittany, Joseph, Lauren, Logan, Sean, and Tristan; her seven great-grandchildren; and many other loving relatives & friends.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was also predeceased by her brother, Frances Fitzpatrick.
Funeral Mass at St. Gerard Majella Church, Canton Friday morning at 11. Visiting hours at the Dockray & Thomas Funeral Home, 455 Washington St. Canton Friday morning from 9:30 to 10:30. Burial Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree.