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William Edward Kenney

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William Edward Kenney

Birth
McNabb, Putnam County, Illinois, USA
Death
5 Dec 1949 (aged 82)
Illinois, USA
Burial
Paxton, Ford County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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The Paxton Record (Paxton, Illinois)08 Dec 1949, Thu obituary transcribed by Ronni Croft:

William E Kenney dies Monday, rites Wednesday, seven children, sister, 16 grandchildren survivie:
William Edward Kenney, 82, succombed at 1:50 p.m., Monday, December 5, in Paxton Community Hospital where he had been confined a short time...Born Nov. 20, 1867 at McNabb in Putnum Co., IL, a son of Mary Phelps and John Fletcher Kenney, Mr Kenney moved in 1872 to Wall twsp with his family. He was married to Jeanie McNeish in 1899 and from 1902 to 1919 they resided on their own farm in Wall. Mr Kenney was also in the implement business in Loda and Paxton 1919 to 1934 after which he went into retirement. (1940 boards with W. Judkins as does daughter Myrtle Tielman).

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, two sisters, and his wife...children of the couple surviving are four daughters:
Mrs M.E. Kennedy of Riverside
Mrs A. H. Benscoater of Kankakee
Mrs Walter Tarvin of Loda
Mrs Allen Sapora of Champaign
three sons:
Mahlon W. of Oak Park
Harold E. of Urbana
John F. of Paxton
sister, Mrs George L. Stanford of Paxton
three brothers:
Walter G of Paxton
Sidney of Loda
Fletcher of Watseka
Contributor: Ronni Croft (49316328) • [email protected]
The Paxton Record (Paxton, Illinois)08 Dec 1949, Thu obituary transcribed by Ronni Croft:

William E Kenney dies Monday, rites Wednesday, seven children, sister, 16 grandchildren survivie:
William Edward Kenney, 82, succombed at 1:50 p.m., Monday, December 5, in Paxton Community Hospital where he had been confined a short time...Born Nov. 20, 1867 at McNabb in Putnum Co., IL, a son of Mary Phelps and John Fletcher Kenney, Mr Kenney moved in 1872 to Wall twsp with his family. He was married to Jeanie McNeish in 1899 and from 1902 to 1919 they resided on their own farm in Wall. Mr Kenney was also in the implement business in Loda and Paxton 1919 to 1934 after which he went into retirement. (1940 boards with W. Judkins as does daughter Myrtle Tielman).

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, two sisters, and his wife...children of the couple surviving are four daughters:
Mrs M.E. Kennedy of Riverside
Mrs A. H. Benscoater of Kankakee
Mrs Walter Tarvin of Loda
Mrs Allen Sapora of Champaign
three sons:
Mahlon W. of Oak Park
Harold E. of Urbana
John F. of Paxton
sister, Mrs George L. Stanford of Paxton
three brothers:
Walter G of Paxton
Sidney of Loda
Fletcher of Watseka
Contributor: Ronni Croft (49316328) • [email protected]

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