Elaine Kennedy, Anaheim Artist, Dies of Stroke
Elaine Kennedy, an artist who had lived in Anaheim for many years, died Sunday of a stroke. She was 54.
Kennedy was vacationing in Temecula with her husband, Don, when she was stricken on the golf course on Dec. 29.
Active in the now-defunct Torana Art League as well as the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Kennedy was a painter of vibrant landscapes. She died just two days before the opening of her one-woman show, “The River Still Flows,” at the Theatre Arts Gallery, Concordia University in Irvine. A private memorial has been planned for the opening reception Friday night. The university is at 1530 Concordia. The show will continue through Jan. 31.
A breast cancer survivor, Kennedy had “the ability of making people feel she knew them forever,” a friend said. In addition to her husband, she leaves two children, Colleen Premer of Costa Mesa and Craig Kennedy of Huntington Beach, and three sisters and two brothers, all of Canada.
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