October 16, 2025
Caroline Kennedy Skips Aunt Joan’s Funeral
At Her Aunt’s Funeral, Caroline Kennedy Was Nowhere to Be Found — While RFK Jr. Showed Up as Pallbearer I watched the coverage of Joan Kennedy’s funeral with a lump in my throat, partly because I’ve followed the Kennedys all my life and partly because I felt the weight of family, memory, and absence playing out in full view. On October 15, St. Anthony Shrine in Boston held a Mass to say goodbye to Joan Bennett Kennedy, who died October 8 at age 89. Many Kennedys turned up to mourn: sons, nieces, nephews, grandchildren. Among them was Robert F. Kennedy
