CANNON, KEVINGERARRD

A prayer service was held Feb. 13 at All Saints Trinity Church, Hoboken, for Kevingerarred Cannon, 53, of Hoboken. He passed away Feb. 9 at Hoboken University Medical Center. Loved by countless friends, Kevingerarrd held degrees in environment design and communications. He studied fine art, restoration and decorative arts in Paris, Rome, and Budapest. He was director of Public Programming for the Broadway Theater Institute, consultant at the NY Design Center, and taught at the Art Institute of NY. Mr. Cannon has been a licensed NYC tour guide for 20 years. His interests included art, architecture, fashion, design, and theater. Kevin worked in TV and public relations, and volunteered as a counselor in a program for troubled teens and Community Soup Kitchen, NYC. He was a member of The Players, The Mercantile Library, The Yeats Society and Hoboken Elks Lodge 74. He was the son of the late Bernard F. and Theresa V. Cannon; the partner of Spencer H. Gelband; the brother of Bernard H. Cannon, Eileen Schwitter (William F.), Christopher P. Cannon (Kathleen), Mary-Catherine Bohan (David), and Deirdre Butwin; the uncle of Kathleen Cannon Davis, Bernard J., Ashley, and Aine’ Cannon, Billy, Meaghan, Michael, Tara and Maura Schwitter, Bobby and Danny Cannon, Sean and Cormac Bohan, Connor, Erin, and Tyler Butwin. He is also survived by his aunts and uncles, Annemarie and Ralph Mazzeo, John Cannon, Ruth Cannon, and his godparents Winfred and John Kelly. A memorial celebration of Kevin’s life will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27, 11 a.m., at All Saints Trinity Church, 7th and Washington, Hoboken, followed by a reception at Jacobus Hall on the campus of Stevens Institute. Services arranged by the Lawton-Turso Funeral Home, Hoboken.

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