Obituaries

Kenneth Allen Kirwin

By Vera Chinese

Kenneth Allen Kirwin of Flanders died Oct. 17 at the age of 62.
Born in Wantagh Dec. 30, 1947, he is survived by his wife, Linda, and daughter, Amanda, both of Flanders; and his siblings, Betty Gordon, David and Steven.
The family will receive visitors tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 22, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home, Riverhead. Private cremation will follow.
Memorial donations may be sent to Children’s Health Care Fund, 1114 Moran Ave., Mullens, WV 25882.

Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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