Kennedy, Mrs. Martha J. 1855-1945

KENNEDY, BURKHOLDER

Posted By: Plymouth County Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/15/2003 at 21:05:56

Kennedy Rites Friday

Mrs. Martha Kennedy, grandmother of Mrs. Chas. Ewin of this city died at the hospital at Denver, Colorado, early Tuesday morning. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 from the Mauer funeral home. The body will arrive today accompanied by Mrs. Ewin.
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LeMars Globe-Post, August 23, 1945

Obituary Martha J. Kennedy

Martha J. Burkholder Kennedy was born in Ontario, Canada on April 15, 1855, and passed from this life at the Denver General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, on August 14, 1945, at the age of 90 years and 4 months.

She came to the United States with her family in 1868. The family first made their home in Missouri. Then in 1871 the moved to Marshalltown, Iowa. On January 28, 1874 she was united in marriage to William H. Kennedy. Later they moved into the Seney, Iowa, community and in 1898 joined the Methodist Church in Seney. To this union two sons were born, Watson David and William Emerson.

Mrs. Kennedy has outlived the rest of her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died February 9, 1909; her son, William Emerson, May 16, 1920; and Watson David, Dec. 11, 1942. Three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survive: Mrs. Charles Ewin of LeMars, Mrs. Morton Weld of Sioux City; and Emerson Kennedy of the U.S. Navy; the great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.

Mrs. Kennedy is still a member of the Seney Methodist Church and has been a member of the Eastern Star Chapter of LeMars for 50 years. Mrs. Kennedy was a kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and was always happy to have her loved ones around her and to serve them in any way possible. Her kind and loving deeds will be long remembered by all who knew her.
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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
August 17, 1945

MRS. WM. KENNEDY DIES IN DENVER
Was Pioneer Resident Near Seney

Mrs. Wm. H. Kennedy, former resident of Plymouth County, died in a hospital at Denver, Colorado, on Tuesday, after a weeks’ illness following a stroke.

Martha Jane Burkholder was born April 15, 1855, at Ontario, Canada. In 1868, she moved with her family to Missouri where they lived until 1884 (sic) when they moved to Marshalltown, Iowa.

On January 28, 1874, she was united in marriage with Wm. H. Kennedy at Marshalltown, Iowa, and in 1903 (sic) they moved to Plymouth County settling on a farm near Seney. She has been a resident of Denver for the past thirty-three years.

Mrs. Kennedy was preceded in death by her husband in 1909, a son William, who died in 1920, and a son, Watson, in 1942. She is survived by two granddaughters, Mrs. Charles Ewin, of LeMars, Mrs. M. W. Weld of Sioux City, and a grandson, Emerson Kennedy, who is in the Navy somewhere in the South Pacific. Mrs. Kennedy retained her membership all these years in the Seney Methodist church and is also a fifty year member of the local Order of Eastern Star.

Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Mauer Funeral Home with Rev. Earl Dale officiating. Burial will be in the LeMars City Cemetery.

~FAMILY NOTE: It is believed that there are a couple of YEAR date errors in the above obituary. Martha had to have moved to Marshalltown long before the year 1884, because she was married in 1874 in Marshalltown to Wm. H. Kennedy. This couple also lived in Plymouth County, Iowa, long before the year 1903. Their son W.D. Kennedy married Miss Ida Alderson of Plymouth County in July 1903. There are numerous mentions of the W.H. Kennedy’s in the Plymouth County newspapers back in the late 1800s. They did live in the Adrian, MN, area for a time. They also moved to Union County, S.Dakota, which is where they were living when Wm. H. Kennedy died in 1909.

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