Elizabeth Davis Kennedy

SAN DIEGO — It is with enduring love that we announce the passing of Elizabeth Davis Kennedy in San Diego following a lengthy illness.

Elizabeth was born in 1960 in Laguna Beach, California, the youngest child of Major David Hart Kennedy (USMC Ret.) and his wife, Ruth. Elizabeth was doted on from the start by her parents and five elder brothers and sisters, who cherished her beautiful blue eyes, cheery disposition, sense of fun and adventure and keen intelligence. These are traits Elizabeth possessed her entire life.

Elizabeth attended Florence Elementary School and Roosevelt Junior High School, before graduating one year early from Point Loma High School. She attended the University of Southern California where she joined the Alpha Phi sorority, before transferring to UCLA from which she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. Elizabeth was especially happy at UCLA, forming strong relationships with a network of talented artists and musicians who were at the forefront of Los Angeles’s cutting edge alternative rock/ punk rock music scene. Many of these friendships remained important to her throughout her life.

Elizabeth’s diverse work experience reflected her intellectual dexterity, as she successfully worked as a credit analyst, contracts analyst, web site designer, and cost estimator at companies such as Barclays Bank, Atlantic Richfield/British Petroleum, Natural Gas Clearinghouse, General

Atomics, and Cubic Corporation. Elizabeth was described by her professional colleagues and managers as uplifting, team oriented, extremely capable, and thoroughly dependable. She particularly enjoyed her manager, Pat, and the team she was working with at Cubic in her last professional role.

Above all else, Elizabeth valued family. She was very close to her brothers and sisters throughout her entire life and was always the first to plan birthday and holiday celebrations. She was a loving and engaged aunt to her many nieces and nephews, as well as her great nieces and nephews. She loved to buy special presents for them and tuck them away. She had an uncanny knack for knowing what would surprise and delight them. And, in return, “Aunt Dee” was adored by her large and loving family.

We will all miss Elizabeth enormously. She was truly a special daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, and colleague. “May God hold you in the palm of his hand until we meet again,” dearest Elizabeth!