Quentin James Kennedy Sr.

Quentin J. Kennedy, Sr., retired executive vice president and secretary of Federal Paper Board Company passed away on May 22, 2024 at his home in Tenafly, NJ. He would have been 91 years on May 27, 2024. Born in Queens, New York in 1933, his parents, John R. Kennedy Sr. and Ethel Rose Kennedy (nee Leavy), were both children of Irish Immigrants. Quentin took great pride in researching his Irish ancestry to Drangan, Ireland. He attended St. Agnes grammar school in Rockville Center where he met his future wife Liz. He graduated from Brooklyn Prep High School in 1951 and continued his education at Georgetown University as an undergraduate and then at the law school. After spending three years as an attorney with the New York law firm of White & Case, he joined his father and brother at Federal Paper Board Company. As a devoted Catholic, he was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Tenafly though he attended weekly Sunday Mass services at the Society of African Missions (SMA) Fathers, Tenafly, NJ. He was an active community leader in Bergen County. He served on the boards of many organizations: Board of Trustees of Holy Name Hospital Foundation, Boy Scouts of America, Director of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, Director of Hooper Homes, Inc.; Member on the Executive Committee for Keep America Beautiful; Board Member Bergen County CYO, member of Archbishop Committee of Newark and Chairman, Bergen County Volunteers from the Work Place and Chair Advisory Board, Office of the Director – Lamont-Doherty Observatory . His generosity of time was boundless. Quentin was devoted to his wife Liz, family and friends. In his spare time, he was an avid golfer and boatman. He was a member of Knickerbocker Country Club in Tenafly, NJ for over 60 years and if he wasn’t trying for the perfect par, he could be found at the helm of his boat – the Kenden – with his wife as navigator. Quentin’s loving wife of 64 years, Liz, predeceased him in 2021. He is survived by his four children Quentin J. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife Cindy; Peter Kennedy, Sr. and his wife Sondra; Megan Kennedy and her husband James Smith, Kate Kennedy, two grandsons: Peter Kennedy, Jr. and Taylor Kennedy; step-granddaughter: Riva (nee Smith) and her husband Chandler Adasko, as well as many nieces and nephews. His sister, Ethel Kennedy Marran and his brother, John R. Kennedy, Jr. also predeceased him. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, May 28th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Barrett Leber Funeral Home, 148 Dean Dr., Tenafly, NJ. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Wednesday, May 29 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Therese Catholic Church, 120 Monroe Ave. Cresskill, New Jersey. Burial will be private at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Holy Name Hospital Foundation - https://www.holyname.org/foundation/