Cerro Gordo County IA Archives Obituaries.....Kennedy, Frank 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Ehlers k.ehlers@earthlink.net July 9, 2005, 9:12 am Globe-Globe Gazette Apr. 1939 SERVICES HELD FOR KENNEDY Burial of Swea City World Veteran to Be Made at Tyler, Tex. SWEA CITY – Funeral rites for Frank Kennedy, World war veteran, were held at the Catholic church at Armstrong Wednesday with members of the Fisher post of the American Legion forming a military guard of honor. The body was then sent to Tyler, Texas, for burial by his brother, James Kennedy, who arrived here Tuesday. Kennedy was born in Glenary, Ireland and came to the U. S. A. at the age of 18. He became and American citizen and served two years with the American Expeditionary forces in France, serving in the ammunition transport service. He is survived by two brothers in the U. S. and three sisters in Ireland. – Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, April 8, 1939, p. 8, col. 8. Copyright Globe-Gazette. Used with permission. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb