Kathleen T.

Brady

Kathleen T. Brady of Southampton died peacefully in the early morning hours of March 8. She was 91.

Kathleen (Kay) was born in the Bronx on September 17, 1934, the second of seven children of Molly and Timothy Murphy.

She is survived by her children, Maryann (Bob) Lucas, Edward Brady, Bennett Darienzo and Barbara Brady. She will be missed by her grandchildren, MollyKay Lucas, Edwina (Robert) Aaronson, Will Canalizo, Olivia Canalizo, Isabel Canalizo, Shea Darienzo, Reed Darienzo and Henry. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward T. Brady.

Kay raised her children in Flushing, Queens. She sent them to Catholic schools and instilled in them the importance of education, manners, diction and posture. She decided to return to work after 20 years at home, a novel idea for a woman at that time. She worked in Sales and Services at NBC—in an office with a window on the 11th floor in the heart of Rockefeller Center. She enjoyed the challenge of her job and the magic of NYC until her retirement.

Kay discovered the beauty of Southampton in her early 20s, managing to spend most summers there as a renter until her dream of owning her own place finally came true 30 years later. She moved into her beautiful Southampton house full time 8 years ago, and was blessed to pass away there -  in the place she loved surrounded by the people she loved.

At her core, Kay was an artist—being and seeing beauty in all avenues of her life. She fed her soul by maintaining a garden always—be it a small backyard oasis in Queens or sprawling beds of flowers in Southampton. She had her own personal sense of style and was a remarkable beauty to the very end. Her house was a discovery of found objects collected over the years from yard sales, antique shops, the beach and nature. How beautiful, that when her children or grandchildren see a wren at a bird house, a pot of white geraniums, a tall Giacomettiesque figurine or the sunset at Mecox Beach, they will think of her. Rest in peace. Job well done.

A funeral mass will be held at St. Andrew R. C. Church, 122 Division Street, Sag Harbor, NY on Monday, April 13th at 11:00am.