| Judith Kennedy |
 Judith Ingrid Kennedy (née Arnason) (July 23, 1949 - July 14, 2020) Born in Vancouver and raised in South Burnaby, she was intensely proud of her heritage, which included British, Icelandic and Black ancestry. Soon after graduating from Burnaby South High School, she married John Fulford and bore a son, Josh, the "apple of her eye." After her marriage dissolved, she enrolled in criminology at Simon Fraser University and as a single mother, supported herself and her son by working as manager at Rohan's Rockpile, a popular and legendary music venue in Kitsilano. Following her graduation from SFU in 1980, Judith moved to Powell River, where she headed the Legal Aid Office. In 1990 she bought property on Savary Island, building her beloved Bluff Manor cabin. Elected to the first Savary Island Committee, she became chairperson and met her fellow council member Ian Kennedy. They married in 1999, and moved to Comox, where she became a private mediator. Highly accomplished, with impressively wide-ranging interests, Judith was a talented artist, painting and drawing in her studio and at her cabin. Always an avid gardener, voracious reader and gifted craftswoman, Judith became an award-winning quilter and, in her later years, a skilled soap maker. (Source: Powell River Peak, July 22/20) |
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