Kennedy, Wm. H. 1853-1909

KENNEDY, BURKHOLDER, HILL

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Date: 10/29/2003 at 20:01:41

Akron Register-Tribune
January 14, 1909

UNION CREEK NEWS: (Special Correspondence)
Mr. Kennedy’s sister, Mrs. Foulds, of Burbank, S.D., returned to her home last week as Mr. Kennedy was thought to be out of danger, but he does not improve as much as was expected. The trained nurse who has been in attendance the past two weeks returned to Sioux City last Monday.
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LeMars newspaper
February 1909

DIED:
Kennedy -- At the family home, on the T. J. Reeves farm, northwest of Akron,
in Union County, S.D., Friday, February 12, 1909, William H. Kennedy, aged
55 years, 9 months and 8 days

Upon returning from a visit at LeMars about nine weeks ago Mr. Kennedy
suffered an attack of bronchial pneumonia. He was making satisfactory
recovery, when complications of kidney, liver and stomach trouble ensued,
finally culminating in inflammation of the bowels, which was the direct
cause of death. Mr. Kennedy made heroic resistance, aided by the best of
medical attention and the untiring ministrations of loved ones, against the
besetting afflictions.

William Henry Kennedy was born at Granby, Canada, May 4, 1853, and at an
early age removed with his parents to Illinois, coming with them in 1870 to
Iowa, locating near State Center. In 1874 he married Martha Jane
Burkholder. In 1884 they moved to Seney, Plymouth county, Iowa, where they
resided until 1902, when they moved to Benson, Minnesota. In 1907 Mr. and
Mrs. Kennedy, with their son, W.E. and wife, came to Union county, S.D.,
which has since been their home. Farming and it's branches had been the
avocation of the deceased all his life, in which he always took an active
and intelligent interest. Besides the bereaved wife, he is survived by two
sons, W.D., of Las Vegas, New Mexico, and W. E. at home; one brother, M. M.
Kennedy of Seney, Iowa, and two sisters, Mrs. Lee Johnson, of Grainfield,
Kansas, and Mrs. A. W. Foulds, of Burbank, S.D., all of whom have the
sympathy of the entire community. A man of absolute integrity, uprightness
of character and of most genial disposition, his untimely demise is
sincerely mourned here and at Seney, where he lived so many years.

Mrs. Kennedy, her son, W. E. and wife; Mrs. Foulds, and Harry Johnson, a
nephew from Kansas, accompanied the remains Saturday to Seney, where funeral
services were conducted Sunday forenoon at 11:30 o'clock at his brother's
home by Rev. Hartzell. Interment was made in the LeMars cemetery, the
Masonic fraternity, of which deceased was a member for many years,
conducting it's beautiful and impressive service at the graveside.
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John Beely was the undertaker at the funeral of W.H. Kennedy.

W.H. Kennedy who formerly resided near Seney, died on Thursday at his home northeast of Akron. The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday at Seney and the interment will take place in LeMars at 12:30. The interment will be conducted under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity.

Source: LeMars Globe-Post, Saturday, February 13, 1909
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DEATH OF W. H. KENNEDY.
Highly Respected Citizen Gone to His Reward.

We are grieved to announce the death of W. H. Kennedy, which occurred at his home near Akron, on Friday, February 12, 1909.

Mr. Kennedy was born in Granby, Canada, in 1853. At an early age he moved to Illinois and from there to Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1870. In 1874 he was married to Martha Jane Burkeholder and in 1884, they came to Plymouth County, where they remained until 1902, when they moved to Benson, Minn.

In 1907 they moved to Union county, S. Dak., from whence the Master called him at the age of 55 years and nine months. He leaves a wife and two sons, W. D. Kennedy, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, and W. E. Kennedy, of Akron, Iowa; a brother, M. M. Kennedy of Seney, and two sisters, Mrs. A. W. Foulds, of Burbank, S. Dak., and Mrs. Lee Johnson, of Grainfield, Kansas.

Funeral services were held on Sunday in Seney at the home of his brother, M. M. Kennedy, Rev. C. F. Hartzell officiating. Interment was made in LeMars cemetery. Services were conducted by the members of the Masonic order of which he was a member. He resided for years in Seney, where he leaves a host of friends who mourn his loss. The wife and family have the sincere sympathy of the entire community.

Source: The LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, February 19, 1909
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