Thomas E. Kennedy

KENNEDY, WEICHMAN

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/10/2014 at 11:10:53

THOMAS E. KENNEDY, 83, for 60 years a riverman, died at 5 a.m. Monday in a Davenport hospital after an illness of one year. Mr. Kennedy worked for years as an engineer and mate aboard many boats on the river, and for 18 years was employed by the U.S. engineers. He was born March 20, 1862 in Davenport, and lived most of his life in the LeClaire area. On Sept. 10, 1905 he was married to Lottie Mikesell. Mr. Kennedy was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Holy Name Society of St. Henry's Church, LeClaire.

Survivors include his wife; a son, John E. of LeClaire and a daughter, Mrs. Erma Weichman, Albuquerque, N.M.; a grand-daughter and two sisters, Mrs. C.B. Christianson, Eugene, Ore., and Mrs. C.W. Disney, LeClaire.

Services will be held at 8:15 a.m. Thursday in the Halligan funeral home, and at 9 in St. Henry's Church. Interment will be in Glendale Cemetery."

Source: Davenport Democrat, Davenport, Ia., 31 Dec 1945.

Submitted by relative Carole Butt of Scottsdale AZ.