Kathryn R. Bruen

Hi, my name is Michael and I am Kathryn’s grandson. I am starting this fundraiser as everyone who has reached out to myself and other family members since her passing on 12/20/23, asked if there’s anything anyone can do and as a family we decided this would be best. The life insurance policy she had will not be able to cover all expenses between her cremation and her final burial in her family plot. All proceeds from this fundraiser will be put towards out of pocket cost for her cremation and final burial.

Kathryn R. Bruen 82, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2023. She was born in Lynn, MA on April 26, 1941, the daughter of Clarence and Hellen (Harwood) Gove.

Kathyrn was a very giving soul. She touched many lives with her work for the Newport Housing Authority and AHEPA as a service coordinator/property manager until her retirement. In her retirement she continued as a member of the residents council for the Newport Housing Authority, and continued to touch many lives with the work she did. She loved playing bingo at the Park Holm Senior center, as well as crafting and holding fundraisers for the Senior Center. Her greatest joy was her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She is survived by her children; Donna McManus, Laurie Cyphers, Wendy Bush, Robert L. Bruen and Sherry Holloway. She will also be missed by her grandchildren; Michael J. Wisomierski, Christine Lacroix, Sandy Jones, Casey Lacroix, Michael Cyphers, Timothy Cyphers, Tavia Cyphers, and Matt Bruen, 15 great grandchildren with number 16 on the way. She is also survived by her siblings; Louise Thorpe, Linda Vittum and Charles Gove.

She was preceded in death by her Parents; Clarence and Hellen (Harwood) Gove, son; Charles L. Bruen, Jr., and daughter; Bonnie J Bruen.

She was an angel to all of us and countless others through her work and volunteer work in the city of Newport, Rhode Island. A celebration of her life will be held at the Park Holm Senior Center, 1 Eisenhower Rd, Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday, January 13th 2024, at 1PM. Burial will be private.