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The Reverend Dr.
Richard K. (Dick) Kennedy, age 84 of Concordia Lutheran Ministries,
Cabot, Pennsylvania, formerly of West Deer Township, died Tuesday,
November 1, 2005 at 9:30 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Ministries.
Born May 30, 1921 in
Butler, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Karl S. Kennedy and
the late Frances McMurray.
Reverend Kennedy was
a retired Presbyterian Minister. During his ministry he served the
following churches: Trinity United Presbyterian Church,
Vandergrift, PA, from 1944 to 1950, First United Presbyterian
Church, Crafton, PA, from 1950 to 1956 and the East Union
Presbyterian Church from 1956 until his retirement in 1993. He was
Pastor Emeritus at East Union Presbyterian Church in West Deer
Township. Reverend Kennedy was a graduate of Westminster College
and Pittsburgh Xenia Seminary. He was awarded his Honorary Doctor
of Divinity Degree from Westminster College in 1958. He was a
member of Beaver-Butler Presbytery and he enjoyed reading, traveling
and golfing.
Reverend Kennedy is
survived by his wife, LeeAnna B. McColgin Kennedy whom he married
on June 28, 1945, by one son, Karl Edgar and his wife Nancy Kennedy
of Valencia, Pennsylvania, one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Marsha Lee)
Crall of Chicago, Illinois, two grand-daughters, Elizabeth Ann
Kennedy Patel and Pamela Beth Crall Landsteiner; two grandsons,
Daniel Edgar Kennedy and Timothy Scott Crall; two sisters, Jane
Lorris and Ruth Hill both of Butler, Pennsylvania and by two nieces
and two nephews.
Reverend Kennedy was
preceded in death by a brother, Robert Kennedy.
There will be no
public visitation.
A Memorial Services
will be held at East Union Presbyterian Church, 292 East Union Road,
Cheswick, Pennsylvania on Saturday, November 5, 2005 at 3:00 p.m.
Memorials donations may be made to East Union
Presbyterian Church, 292 East Union Road, Cheswick, Pennsylvania
15024 or to Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania 16142. |
A Life Remembered . . .