Harriet Kennaby

Harriet Shoemaker Offutt Kennaby died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, February 16, 2026 in Columbia, SC.  She was a long-time resident of Camden, SC and was a prominent member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Camden.

Harriet was born in the city of New York on September 30, 1936, the daughter of the late Lee Offutt and Florence Jane Young Offutt.

She graduated from the School of the Holy Child, Suffern, NY and Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA.  After a career with Executive Assets Corporation, a consulting firm in Stanford, CO, she retired to Camden with her husband, Peter Joseph Kennaby.  There she was a member of the Camden Hunt, the DAR, the Camden Garden Club, and Springdale Hall Club.

Harriet is survived by her niece, Laura Foreman and her three children; her nephew, Jeffrey Offutt and his three children, and her stepson, Damian G. Kennaby.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at noon on Monday, March 9, 2026 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 1709 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC.  Burial will take place at the family plot in Rockville, MD.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is assisting the family.

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