Roll of Honor
Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello
Incident
Police Officer Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello died as the result of cancer that she developed following her assignment to assist with search and rescue efforts at the World Trade Center site immediately following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
Officer O'Connor-Funigiello had served with the New Rochelle Police Department for 20 years.
September 11, 2001 - The Years After
Police Officer Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 40 years old that fall.
He died on August 16, 2018 - 16 years and 11 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 56.
He is one of 599 officers honored here, and one of 2 at New Rochelle Police Department.
The most recent of these deaths was October 24, 2025.
Officers who worked the search, rescue, and recovery at the World Trade Center site breathed contaminated air for weeks and months afterward. Many developed cancers and respiratory disease, and they have gone on dying of it ever since.
Seventy-two officers were killed on the morning itself. Hundreds more have died in the years that followed. They are honored here together, because the same attack killed them all. With some it simply took longer.
Survivors
She is survived by her husband, three step-children, and five siblings.
In Our Keeping
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
Honored here by 1 sentinel - 1 tribute.
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Tributes
You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Police Officer O'Connor-Funigiello gave the New Rochelle Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Rochelle community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer O'Connor-Funigiello.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 629 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 29.3% of this state's fallen. That is 20.2 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At New Rochelle Police Department, 2 of 10 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello's cause is highlighted.
How Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello Compares
Offender Outcome
19 suicide attackers
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
9 officers from New Rochelle Police Department are honored on badge.nw.
