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Taleen Hindoyan
from John Jackson Kennedy: A Master Class in How to Live and Love in Service to Your Community
by LLKassoc
on behalf of Nova, Antreas and Nanor
The Hindoyan family will miss our councilmember, our dear friend the Honorable John J. Kennedy. We always respected his work throughout the years, beautifying and uniting our beloved City of Pasadena. While visiting Armenia in 2017 as part of a delegation of the Pasadena Sister Cities Committee, I had the honor of getting to know him better, discussing history, family, tradition, and faith on the road. In the subsequent years and several, exploratory trips to potential sister cities around the world; I came to know what a purposeful, principled and kind human being John was. He was loud in his support and love for all things good. His almost daily prayers and psalms by text messages would be a welcome opening early in the mornings. He connected with people in the most unique way and thus his impact was profound. It is hard to imagine that less than a year ago, he was consoling our family on the loss of our father, Gary. His words continually resonate with us and inspire us to improve ourselves and to improve our surroundings. May his memory continue to be a blessing.
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Michael Warner
I became acquainted with John J. Kennedy when he was elected to the Pasadena City Council.
I consider him a dedicated and wonderful person, he had a great love for his family and the community. I enjoyed my time with him. I was shocked when I learned of his passing and surly miss my time with him.
He often spoke of his time as an exchange student and was very supportive of the Pasadena Sister Cities Committee. We traveled together to China in 2014, Armenia in 2017, and Senegal in 2020.
John worked for several years with Pasadena and Boualem Bousseloub to find a city on the African continent that would be a sister city for Pasadena. After years of research, Dakar-Plateau, Senegal was chosen and June 2019 it was official.
LOVELY E-MAIL MESSAGES RECEIVED:
John was a real champion for our community in District 3. He helped to connect and collaborate many individuals to come together with a common goal to better the community.… My sincere condolences, Peggy Names
