Virginia A Kennedy

1925 - 2016  (91 years)

• Name	Virginia A Kennedy  [1]
  Birth	15 Jan 1925	Deer Creek, Tazewell County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	10 Apr 1930	Deer Creek Township, Tazewell County, Illinois   [1]
  	Hugh Kennedy, Head, owns home worth $1500, M, W, 47, M, age at first marriage 33, West Virginia, French Canada, Illinois, track laborer, railroad Carrie J Kennedy, Wife, F, W, 41, M, age at first marriage 27, Illinois, French Canada, Illinois, none Elinor F Kennedy Daughter, F, W, 12, S, attended school, Illinois, West Virginia, Illinois, none Alice M Kennedy Daughter, F, W, 11, S, attended school, Illinois, West Virginia, Illinois, none Elsie J Kennedy Daughter, F, W, 9, S, attended school, Illinois, West Virginia, Illinois, none Clarence X Kennedy, Son, M, W, 7, S, attended school, Illinois, West Virginia, Illinois, none Virginia A Kennedy Daughter, F, W, 5, Illinois, West Virginia, Illinois, none Hugh A Kennedy, Son, M, W, 3/12, Illinois, West Virginia, Illinois, none
  Witness-Obituary	25 Dec 1952	Bloomington, Illinois   [4]
  	Mrs Carrie Jane Kennedy, 63, died Tuesday in Methodist Hospital, Peoria, where she had been a patient since Dec. 19 when she suffered a stroke.... Mrs Kennedy was born Feb 16, 1889 in East Peoria, a daughter of Marshall ans Laura Swesey Mabee. She was married to Hugh Kennedy in Deer Creek Oct 16, 1916 Surviving are her husband; four daughters, Mrs Eleanor Whittington, Tremont; Mrs Alice Wise, Deer Creek; Mrs Elsie Azbill, Congerville; and Mrs Virginia Platte, Greenville, S.C.; two sons, Clarence, Deer Creek, and Arthur, with the US Army; 12 grandchildren; and the following brothers and sisters: William E. Mabee, Rockford; Clarence M. Mabee, Peoria; Eugene R. Mabee, Deer Creek; Chester P. And Stanley D. Mabee, both of East Peoria; Mrs Laura Miller, Chicago; Theodore Mabee, Mackinaw; Miss Ruth Mabee, Jacksonville. One brother preceded her in death....
  Residence	1953	121 White Oak, Greenville, South Carolina   [5]
  	Kenneth R Platte (Virginia K) teacher, Bob Jones University Virginia was a nurse at Bob Jones University
  Witness-Obituary	15 Mar 2010	Peoria, Illinois   [6]
  	Alice M. Wise, 91, of East Peoria passed away at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, 2010, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. She was born Jan. 31, 1919, in Deer Creek, the daughter of Hugh and Carrie Mabee Kennedy. She married Darroll M. Wise. He preceded her in death on Jan. 2, 1972. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Janet Bays; one son, Gary Wise; one sister, Eleanor Schultz; and one brother, Clarence Kennedy. Surviving are three children, Duane (Jan) Wise of Concord, N.C.; Vivian (Charles) Lehmann of Island Lake; and Eleanor (Rick) Dwyer of East Peoria; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Arthur (Suzie) Kennedy of Deer Creek; two sisters, Elsie Azbill of Eureka and Virginia (Ken) Platte of Greenville, S.C.; son-in-law, Jim Bays; and several nieces and nephews. Alice worked at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, retiring in 1984, and was a member of the First Baptist Church in East Peoria. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at Remmert Funeral Home in East Peoria, with the Rev. John Bunch officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Deer Creek.
  Reference Number	40760
  Death	17 Apr 2016	Greenville, South Carolina   [3]
  Burial	Woodlawn Memorial Park I, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina   [7]
  Person ID	I40495	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Hugh Euda Kennedy,   b. 4 Apr 1883, Wolf Creek, Monroe County, West Virginia d. 1 Jun 1973, Queenwood Convalescent Home, Morton, Tazewell County, Illinois (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Carrie Jane Mabee,   b. 16 Feb 1889, East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois d. 23 Dec 1952, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Oct 1916	Deer Creek, Tazewell County, Illinois   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F9488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kenneth Roger Platte,   b. 15 Sep 1919, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois d. 14 Feb 2017, Greenville, South Carolina (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1947	Goodfield Baptist Church, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois   [10]
  Family ID	F15206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S302] 1930 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Deer Creek Twp, Tazewell, Illinois; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340297, Family 26. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, Obit in The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 25 December 1952 • Page 2. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Greenville, South Carolina, City Directory, 1953. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 57684446 - Published in the Peoria Journal Star on 3/15/2010. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial IDs 176400150 & 161376966. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, Obit in The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 25 December 1952 • Page 2 said 16 Oct 1617. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940. [S483] Newspapers.com; Url: https://www.newspapers.com/, marriage story in The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), 21 Jun 1947, Sat, Page 8.