Martin Kinsey, 58, of Haddon Twp., a former college teacher
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
KINSEY, MARTIN TOWNSEND
Age 58, of Haddon Township, died unexpectedly February 1st, at Temple
University Hospital in Philadelphia.
A former college teacher with a wide range of intellectual interests, Kinsey
struggled most of his adult life with residual effects of a benign brain tumor
and its surgical and radiation treatment in 1978.
Born in Princeton, NJ, on May 14, 1949, he was a son of Richard Saltonstall
Kinsey, also of Haddon Township, and the late Janet Townsend Roberts (Kinsey).
He is also survived by his brother David North Kinsey of Princeton, two
nephews, and eight first cousins.
Kinsey was raised in Moorestown and graduated from Moorestown Senior High
School. He was co-captain of its state championship swim team and played violin
in the New Jersey All-State Orchestra. A cum laude graduate of Dartmouth
College in 1971, Kinsey attended graduate school in Russian studies at Yale
University. After receiving a Master of Science in Education degree from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1980, Kinsey taught English as a second language
at Camden County Community College and the Community College of Philadelphia.
Kinsey was unable to work for many years, but he was a gregarious member of his
community. At the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, Kinsey delivered from
the pulpit a 'bicentennial minute' during its 1996-1997 celebration of its
history. He organized and led a Foreign Policy Association 'Great Decisions'
discussion group in Westmont for five years, where he lived for more than 20
years.
Contributions in memory of Martin T. Kinsey '71 may be made to Dartmouth
College, 6066 Development Office, Hanover, NH 03755-3555, for a fund his family
is endowing.
Family and friends are invited to attend and participate in his service of
remembrance, on Saturday, March 29, 2008, at 11 am, at the Moorestown Friends
Meetinghouse (Quakers), 118 East Main Street, Moorestown, NJ.