Kenney, Anna Margaret (Leinen) (1923 - 2022)

KENNEY, LEINEN, THIELEN, HODAPP, EBERT, LONG, GOODMAN, LAING

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 5/29/2022 at 15:27:36

Name of deceased: Anna Margaret Kenney (nee Leinen)

Aged: 98 yrs, 3 mo, 21 days

Residence: Portsmouth, Shelby County, IA

Born: Dec. 9, 1923; rural Portsmouth, Shelby County, IA

Died: March 30, 2022; Portsmouth, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Friday, May 27, 2022; St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Portsmouth, IA; burial was in the Grange Cemetery, Honey Creek, IA

Survived by: Sons, Patrick Kenney of Portsmouth, IA, Michael Kenney of Longmont, CO, Timothy (spouse, Patricia) Kenney of Boulder, CO, Donny Kenney of Costa Rica, and James Kenney of Edgemont, SD; 3 grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Peter Frances and Mary (nee Thielen) Leinen; husband, Phillip; son, Daniel; brothers, Louis, Harold, Mathias and Lawrence; sisters, Agnes Hodapp, Helena Ebert, Evelyn Long, Barbara Goodman, and Rosemary Laing

Education: Attended and graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic School, Portsmouth, IA; she then attended and graduated as a registered nurse at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Council Bluffs, IA

Religious affiliation: Baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Portsmouth, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Phillip David Kenney; date not provided; St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Portsmouth, IA

Employment: After moving their growing family to Denver, CO in 1951, Anna worked at St. Joseph’s Hospital for 1 year, and at St. Anthony’s Hospital for 1 year. They then moved to Littleton, CO where she worked at Swedish Medical Center Hospital in Englewood, CO for 45 years; upon retirement, Anna and Phillip moved back to Portsmouth, IA and built their retirement home there.

Hobbies/Interests: Member, Catholic Daughters and Widows and Widowers (WOW)

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