KENNEY, Gary Gene 1933 - 2015
KENNEY, THOMAS, HICKENBOTTOM, POSSEHL, LUCKNER, CASS, HEITMAN, MISEL, DURBIN, MCGOWAN
Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 4/19/2015 at 12:37:38
"The Fairfield Ledger"
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Page 8Gary Gene KENNEY
Gary Gene KENNEY, 81, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Bradenton, Florida.
A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids.
The family will accept visitors one hour before the service.
Memories can be shared online at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Mr. KENNEY was born Sept. 6, 1933, in Marengo, the son of John Vincent and Evelyn THOMAS KENNEY. He and Linda HICKENBOTTOM KENNEY were married for 23 years. She preceded him in death. He married Doris POSSEHL April 6, 2006.
Mr. KENNEY was a 1953 graduate of Marion High School and was drafted into the Army in 1953. He spent part of his time in the service based in Korea.
He attended the University of Iowa.
He built his own homes, and he rebuilt cars.
Mr. KENNEY made a career out of selling cars for Rapids Chevrolet, then became an entrepreneur and owned his own car lot and, later, he owned Roto Fab Plastics.
He spent winters in Florida.
His wife Doris made it possible for him to continue to live in his own home after Parkinson's disease slowed him down.
Survivors include: his wife Doris; five daughters, Michelle LUCKNER and husband Ron of Olathe, Kansas, Tiffany CASS and husband Kelly of Fairfield, Denise HEITMAN and husband Dwight of Marengo, Robin MISEL and husband Todd of Ankeny, and Heidi DURBIN of Grinell; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Maureen McGOWAN of West Branch.
In addition to this wife Linda (sic), he was preceded in death by his parents.
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