KENNEDY, Paul Richard (1933-2012)

KENNEDY

Posted By: Don Boucher (email)
Date: 12/10/2012 at 09:26:39

Obituary from The Des Moines Register newspaper, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA on 1-20-2012:

Services for Paul Kennedy, 78, will be Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Melcher-Dallas. Family will receive friends on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials are requested to Hospice of Central Iowa. Online condolences may be left at pierschbacherfuneralhome.com.

Paul Kennedy passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 while surrounded by his family at the Westridge Nursing Facility in Knoxville. He was born April 30, 1933 to Howard and Tressa (Brown) Kennedy in Knoxville, Iowa. He enlisted in the Army and served in the Korean War. He was married to Ruth Bingham on January 22, 1954. Paul worked as a cook at the VA in Knoxville for many years.

Preceding Paul in death are his parents; brother, Forrest; son, Rick Kennedy; grandson, Jeremy Kennedy; and daughter-in-law, Cindy Kennedy.

He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Ruth; children: Janice Blubaugh, Mike (Barb) Kennedy, Jerry (Laurie) Kennedy, Greg Kennedy, Dan (Rose) Kennedy, and daughter-in-law Joni Swanson; sisters: Jean Jennings and Frances Kennedy; 17 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.