Obituary of David McKenna

David I. McKenna, 59, died Saturday, November 22, 2014, at RI Hospital, Jane Brown Unit. Born in Providnce, son of the late Willliam & Gladys (Joyce)McKenna, he had been a lifelong Providence resident. He was a self-employed attorney specializing in family law, or as he would say “the Court of Human Misery”. Mr. McKenna graduated LaSalle Academy in 1975, Boston University in 1977 and Suffolk Law School in 1980. While at BU he was a member of the crew team. He was a prominent member of the Matunuck Keggers and, subsequently, a friend of Bill’s for the last 11 years. He was an avid walker and star-gazer. He was the father of Amy & Evan McKenna and ex-husband of Elizabeth Johnson McKenna. Brother of W. Michael McKenna and his wife Peggy Amatore, Robert T. and his wife Ellen (McCaffrey) McKenna, Carol M. and her husband John Szymanski, uncle of Bridget McKenna and Frank Szymanski. A memorial Mass to which relatives and friends are invited will be held Friday at 11:00 A.M. at Blessed Sacrement Church, Academy Avenue, Providence. A gathering to celebrate David’s life will be held at the Hoey-Arpin-Williams-King Funeral Home, 168 Academy Avenue, Providence from 9:30 to 10:30 prior to the Mass. Arrangements by Supinski & Borrelli.