Kevin Burbage Oct. 9, 1951 – Nov. 4, 2026
A true son of New York, born in Manhattan and raised in Washington Heights, he lived almost his whole life in the Heights and Inwood. He loved being out with his friends, playing sports, and doing whatever. He worked many different jobs, but in the early 1980s he found his joy and became, possibly, the first dog walker in New York, and almost definitely the first in Inwood. This passion expanded into dog training and dog sitting until he started to slow up. Most days, he could be seen with his companions, “Butter” and “Bear,” in Inwood Park, along Indian Road, where he lived for over 40 years, sharing his life with his neighbors and his dogs. He was there when needed, wanted for nothing and asked for less. His parents, Josephine and Kevin, and John, his younger brother, predeceased him. Kevin is survived by his brother James (Kathleen), his sister Jo-Ann, and his sister Julie-Ann Barbuto (Daniel), as well as his nieces Allison and Eloise, his nephews, James (Mary Alaina) and Raymond, and his great-nephews James, Liam and Luke, and an always expanding collection of cousins and oh, so many friends. Our family will miss him dearly, but we celebrate in knowing that our quiet, self-contained, and loved brother is at rest and with our family. He lives on in our memories, the memories of his extended family and all his many friends. Speak of him or think of him, and he lives. God Bless!
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