Kevin Condon

It is with sadness that we share the passing of our brother, Kevin Condon, at his seaside residence of 50 years in Swampscott. on March 13, 2025.   
 William Kevin Condon was born on August 23, 1939 to Thomas W Condon, and Marguerite M (Welch) Condon. Born in Beverly, Ma, he spent most of his life in Swampscott and Marblehead.   

 He loved the outdoors and was a rugged enthusiast of land or sea adventures. At age 13 he was  lost on a boy scout hike to Mount Monadnock in a sudden overnight blizzard. Rescued the following day by searchers, he had  survived by building a lean-to from pine branches. Subsequent forays were much less dramatic.
 A 1957 graduate of Swampscott High School, he received his Bachelors degree from Springfield College in 1961. He went on to pursue his studies at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota where he was awarded his Registered Physical Therapy degree. He also successfully pursued two Masters degrees in physical education from North Eastern University.
 In his early yrs he was on the faculty of Williams College and the Exerter Academy.  He delighted in opportunities to serve as an associate trainer for the Boston Bruins and the Boston Red Sox as a skilled volunteer Kevin then spent several years providing physical therapy assistance to disabled students at the Pohukaina School in Honolulu, Hawaii, before returning to establish his own independent physical therapy practice on the North Shore of Boston. Kevin also was  engaged  for several years by the City of Lynn to provide physical therapy services to disabled children in their school system until his retirement Kevin was a committed sailor.   His two masted yawl, Ostera still resides in Marblehead harbor  He sailed that craft throughout the New England coast for several decades. 

 A true believer in sports and exercise, he loved tennis, kayaking, biking and played ice hockey until his 80th year. He also swam daily in the Atlantic Ocean, every month of the year. He enjoyed  camping on the beaches of St. John’s island, kayaking in Vinyl Haven, Maine and getting well tanned in return visits to the Hawaiian Islands. He was also quite proud of having successfully conquered the Mackenzie Glacier in New Zealand.