WASHINGTON - Kara Kennedy, the eldest of three children of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, was recalled at the funeral Wednesday a friend attentive and devoted mother who had a mischievous side, as his father.
For services to the Holy Trinity Church in Washington, his brothers remembered as an avid swimmer and someone who has sent letters by mail with press clippings and not closed-mails with attachments. His brother Patrick Kennedy, said he imagined his sister and his father, who died in 2009, sailing on "the stars together."
"Dad already has his first lieutenant, the team along with him, helps him along the way," said Patrick Kennedy, who until recently served as congressman from Rhode Island.
Kara Kennedy died Friday after a workout in a health club in Washington. The 51-year-old was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2002, but underwent a successful surgery and treatment. Patrick Kennedy, said after his death that his cancer treatment has left her heart weakened and physically distributed. The District of Columbia medical examiner has not yet issued an official cause of death.
Among those attending Wednesday's funeral was a Vice President Joe Biden, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts and Caroline Kennedy relatives and Maria Shriver.
Kara Kennedy was born on February 27, 1960, Edward and Joan Kennedy, as his father was campaigning for his brother John F. Kennedy during the presidential primary. Soon after, in 1962, his father was elected to the Senate, taking the seat that his brother had occupied before winning the presidency. He served more than all the senators, but three in history.
Although she never sought elected, Kara Kennedy appeared with his father during his unsuccessful 1980 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, and she and her brother, Ted Kennedy Jr. helped organize the senator's reelection campaign in 1988.
Kara Kennedy was responsible for during the campaign 1988, media messages, Ted Kennedy, Jr. on Wednesday to remember the services. He said the tight vote when the numbers after Labor Day, while others urged the father to "go negative", but her sister does not agree.
"She begged my dad to celebrate their strengths rather than primary, which was his compassion and willingness to fight for what you believe, things that even his political opponents would agree with. She reminded him why he was in politics" Ted Kennedy Jr., said.
The senator won the election, his biggest margin ever, Ted Kennedy, Jr. said. He credited his daughter's achievement.
In 2009, when his father was dying of brain cancer Kara Kennedy accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on his behalf at a ceremony at the White House. Ted Kennedy died two weeks later at the age of 77 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington. Kara Kennedy will be buried in a family plot cemetery Holyhood in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Despite growing up in a famous family, she was not impressed by the titles of great power, his brother said.
"It's never been interested in or affected by the job title of someone," Ted Kennedy Jr. said. "What difference does it make you two things. Your integrity and loyalty"
For services to the Holy Trinity Church in Washington, his brothers remembered as an avid swimmer and someone who has sent letters by mail with press clippings and not closed-mails with attachments. His brother Patrick Kennedy, said he imagined his sister and his father, who died in 2009, sailing on "the stars together."
"Dad already has his first lieutenant, the team along with him, helps him along the way," said Patrick Kennedy, who until recently served as congressman from Rhode Island.
Kara Kennedy died Friday after a workout in a health club in Washington. The 51-year-old was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2002, but underwent a successful surgery and treatment. Patrick Kennedy, said after his death that his cancer treatment has left her heart weakened and physically distributed. The District of Columbia medical examiner has not yet issued an official cause of death.
Among those attending Wednesday's funeral was a Vice President Joe Biden, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts and Caroline Kennedy relatives and Maria Shriver.
Kara Kennedy was born on February 27, 1960, Edward and Joan Kennedy, as his father was campaigning for his brother John F. Kennedy during the presidential primary. Soon after, in 1962, his father was elected to the Senate, taking the seat that his brother had occupied before winning the presidency. He served more than all the senators, but three in history.
Although she never sought elected, Kara Kennedy appeared with his father during his unsuccessful 1980 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, and she and her brother, Ted Kennedy Jr. helped organize the senator's reelection campaign in 1988.
Kara Kennedy was responsible for during the campaign 1988, media messages, Ted Kennedy, Jr. on Wednesday to remember the services. He said the tight vote when the numbers after Labor Day, while others urged the father to "go negative", but her sister does not agree.
"She begged my dad to celebrate their strengths rather than primary, which was his compassion and willingness to fight for what you believe, things that even his political opponents would agree with. She reminded him why he was in politics" Ted Kennedy Jr., said.
The senator won the election, his biggest margin ever, Ted Kennedy, Jr. said. He credited his daughter's achievement.
In 2009, when his father was dying of brain cancer Kara Kennedy accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on his behalf at a ceremony at the White House. Ted Kennedy died two weeks later at the age of 77 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington. Kara Kennedy will be buried in a family plot cemetery Holyhood in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Despite growing up in a famous family, she was not impressed by the titles of great power, his brother said.
"It's never been interested in or affected by the job title of someone," Ted Kennedy Jr. said. "What difference does it make you two things. Your integrity and loyalty"