Kenny, Joan
appeared in Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2015
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Spouse: Edmund J. Kenny
Survived by: Children: Marty (Denise) Kearney, Northfield IL; Tom (Mary) Kearney, Glenview, IL; Kathy (Jack) Dollard, San Diego, CA. Step-children: Joyce Cassetta, Bill (Mary) Kenny, Janet Reid, Bob (Louise) Kenny. Sister: Marilyn Hines
No date of death was given. Born in New York; moved to Chicago in 1933. Graduated from St. Scholastica's High School, Mundelein College, and pursued her masters degree in special education from Northern Illinois University. She married her first husband, Marshall Kearney, in April 1948. After he passed away in 1963, she raised her four children by herself. She worked as a teacher for the blind and partially sighted at Catholic Charities of Chicago for more than 25 years. She never lost her lvoe of teaching. She married her second husband in 1973, and was happily married to him until his death in 2001. She loved her family, enjoyed golfing, was a master bridge player, enjoyed reading and socializing with her many friends at The Vi in Glenview. She was predeceased by her husbands, Marshall Kearney and Edmund J Kenny, her son, Terry Kearney, brother-in-law James Hines, and brother William (Rita) Shea. She was the grandmother of 22 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral mass was held at St. Philip the Apostle Church, 1962 Old Willow Rd, Northfield, IL. Funeral Home: Donnellan Family Funeral Services, 10045 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077, 847-675-1990.
Cemetery: All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL - Date of Publication
- 21 May 2015
- Date Of Event
- January 1, 2015
- Last Name(s)
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Kenny
- Language of Item
- English
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- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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