Obituary of James T. McKinley, III

McKinley, James T. III, 44, NYPD Police Officer, of Huntington, passed away suddenly on November 25, 2022. Beloved husband of Laura. Dear brother of Victoria Bruno (Chris). Loving son-in-law of Fred and Jo Fellner. He is loved and will be missed by his family and friends. Visitation Thursday 2-4 & 7-9 PM at M.A. Connell Funeral Home, 934 New York Ave., Huntington Station. Funeral Service Friday 10 AM the funeral home. Interment to follow at Pinelawn Memorial Park.

James was born in Huntington, NY in 1978. He grew up on Barrow Court with his sister Victoria and parents. He attended Jefferson Elementary School, Finley Junior High and then Huntington High School, where he graduated in 1996. In 1998, James started working at Huntington Public Library, where he would meet his future wife Laura. They began dating shortly after he started working. They dated for a while and knew it was true love, so they married in 2005. A year later James became a NYPD officer. James loved to read books and comics, cook, and go to NYC Comic Con every year with his wife. They both were inseparable and shared all the same interests. He will be sorely missed by family and friends.