2019 Boston Marathon, competing under her married name, Kyle Kerr.

But she spent the last several years of life unable to walk.

 In 2020, Kyle suffered a severe spinal cord injury that resulted in long term paralysis, disability, and other medical challenges,  the obituary said.  The years that followed brought struggles but Kyle fought to maintain her dry wit and determination through it all, trying to be the best possible mother to her sons and caring for her two beloved, ill-behaved Wheaten terriers. 

It was not disclosed how Kennedy suffered that traumatic 2020 injury.

 She also began to advocate for people living with disabilities, including testifying at the Massachusetts state house in a hearing on discrimination in disabled health care,  the funeral home added.

Kennedy is survived by her sons, Conor, 12, and Declan, 10, ex-husband Liam Kerr, mother Victoria Denise Gifford, brother Michael LeMoyne Kennedy Jr. and sister Rory Gifford Kennedy.