Francis V. Kenney Sr.
Francis V. Kenney Sr., age 85, of Republic, Pa, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2008, in UPMC Montefiore, Pittsburgh, Pa.
… Francis V. Kenney Sr., age 85, of Republic, Pa, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2008, in UPMC Montefiore, Pittsburgh, Pa.
He was born March 21, 1922, in Brownsville, Pa., the son of John Kenney and Agnes Ashurst Kenney.
Francis was a member of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Republic.
He graduated from the now former German Township High School in McClellandtown, Pennsylvania.
Francis was a veteran of World War II who served with the United States Army Air Corps as a Radar Observer on the B-29 in the Pacific Theatre of Operations and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 47 in Uniontown and American Legion Post 590 in Republic.
He was a retired coal miner from United States Steel’s Maple Creek Mine and a member of the United Mine Workers of America District 2 Local 1248.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his grandson, Dustin Kenney, a brother, Jack Kenney, a sister, Gloria Lapponi, and his son-in-law, Ronald Hustak.
He is survived by his wife, Mary L. Marucci Kenney; a daughter, Polly Hustak of Titusville, Florida, and a son, Dusty Kenney and his wife, Veronica, of Republic, Pa.; two granddaughters: Pam Williams and Nicole Umble; six great-grandchildren; one sister, Betty Kenney of Cleveland, Ohio; and one brother, Robert Kenney and his wife, Shirley, of Masontown, Pa.
Friends will be received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, until 9:30 a.m. when brief Prayers will be said.
A Mass of Christian Burial follows at 10 a.m. in Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, Republic, with Rev. Father Stephen Bugay as Celebrant.
Interment will follow in Holy Rosary Church Cemetery, Republic, where Military Rites and Honors will be accorded by Veterans Foreign Wars Post 47 of Uniontown.
Parish Wake Service will be held in the Funeral Home today at 3:30 p.m.