BRUNHILDE “BRUNIE” KANDORA

Cooperstown – Brunhilde “Brunie” Kandora peacefully passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was 90 years old. Born February 19, 1932 in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Gerhard Enke and the late Frieda Vosseler. On May 23, 1953 at St. Michaels Church in Brooklyn, she married Francis Kandora who pre-deceased her on April 15, 2015. Brunie loved to inspire creativity for thousands of children in Brooklyn working as an art teacher for over 30 years at St Catherine of Genoa in Brooklyn, NY. As a child she was forever transformed by war living in Germany during WW2 and often sought peace in nature. She was a long-time parishioner (and Eucharistic Minister) at St. John the Evangelist in Centerville. Brunie was a force of nature for action always busy, with her students, art, community, church, and family. As a professional artist, Brunie Kandora studied drawing at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg, Germany, and printmaking at the Brooklyn Museum of Art School in Brooklyn, NY. She has written for the national art education magazine School Arts. An award-winning artist, Brunie served as President of the Distinguished Artists League of Brooklyn, and was a member of the Schoharie County Arts Council, The Greene County Council on the Arts and served on the Board of Directors of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum. She had numerous one-person exhibitions throughout New York as well as participating in countless group shows. Survivors include, three sons, Thomas and wife Molly of Queensbury, NY, James and wife Toni of Norwich, NY and Peter and wife Pam of Charles Town, WV; 12 grandchildren, Sarah Jones (Matt), Brian Kandora (Jamie), Michael Kandora (Rachael), Douglas Kandora (Patricia), Richard Kandora, Rebecca Maughon (Wesley), Amanda LaPell (Michelle), Stephanie LaPell (Dave), Gregory Kandora (Amelia), Angela Bogart (Paul), Acadia Kandora and Kai Kandora; and 10 greatgrandchildren. A Funeral procession will form 10:15 AM Friday, January 6, 2023 at Buono Funeral Service, Inc., Saugerties, NY and then proceed to St. Mary of the Snow RC Church where at 11:00 AM a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Interment will follow immediately in Blue Mountain Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday, January 5, 2023 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Buono Funeral Service, Inc. Please offer your condolences for Brunie’s family online at www.buonofuneralservice.com. Donations can be made in memory of Brunie at St. Mary of the Snow, St. Joseph & St. John the Evangelist parishes https://www.stmaryofthesnow.org/