Melvin Earl Kinkennon (2006)
BELEW, JOHNSON, KINKENNON, MOORE, NEIPER, ORI, RAY, WRIGHT
Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 4/16/2012 at 16:57:16
Guthrie Center Times, Guthrie Center, Iowa
Wednesday, May 24, 2006Obituary - MELVIN KINKENNON - 79
Melvin Kinkennon, 79, son of James and Esther (Moore) Kinkennon, was born May 23, 1926 in Winterset, Ia. He died May 19, 2006 at The New Homestead, Guthrie Center.
He attended a one room county school in Guthrie Center at Cass #9. He was not allowed to continue his education after the 8th grade because working was more important at that time for lower income families.
May 23,1969, he married Agnes Ori in Polk County. He worked for Standard Glass & Paint for 19 years, working as a glass cutter and in maintenance. He also worked for Distinctive Packing in Des Moines. He would help others while letting himself and his place go. He would give his shirt off his back.
He was a trustee and treasure for the Adel First Baptist Church and the Waukee Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife Agnes of Waukee; daughters Rita Ray of Rantoul, Ill. and Julie Neiper of Creston; son Michael Kinkennon of Ridgecrest, Cal.; sisters Rachel Allie of Guthrie Center and Ada Wright of Colorado; brother Kenneth Kinkennon of Cromwell, Ia.
Funeral services will be May 27, 2006 at Beidelman - Twigg Funeral Home, Panora. Burial will be in West Cemetery, Panora.
He was preceded in death by his parents, 1st wife Catherine, daughter Carol Johnson, grandson James Belew, 2 sisters Lila and Darlene, and 2 brothers Paul Jefferson and Arthur Ray.
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