Kenney, Leslie John 1906 - 1959

KENNEY, FETTKETHER, MCCUE

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 8/5/2021 at 20:31:24

Clayton County Register, Thur., 5 Feb. 1959.

Funeral services for Leslie John Kenney were held Saturday forenoon at 9:30 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Strawberry Point. The Rev. Father Robert Palen was the clergyman. Interment was in the St. Mary's cemetery at Strawberry Point.

Leslie John Kenney, 52, was born July 31, 1906, in Oelwein, the son of John and Marguerite (Fettkether) Kenney. On August 30, 1939, he was married to Blanche McCue at Oelwein and they resided there until seven years ago, when they bought a farm northeast of Strawberry Point. Mr. Kenney was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and a boy's 4-H leader.

Mr. Kenney died Jan. 28 as a result of a heart attack. He was found by his son Thomas shortly after he was stricken when Tom returned from school. A doctor was summoned but Mr. Kenney was pronounced dead when the doctor arrived. The Strawberry Point fire department had taken out the resuscitator to use if advisable, but Mr. Kenney had died before it could be used. Mrs. Kenney and son John were visiting in California at the time of Mr. Kenney's death but flew home as soon as they heard of his death.

Preceded in death by his parents, he is survived by his wife, Blanche Kenney, and two sons, John, 18, and Thomas, 15, as well as one brother, Richard Kenney, St. Paul, Minn.