Cook-Will-Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....McKernan, John

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Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com November 10, 2006, 6:20 pm

Herald
Former Resident Dies in Chicago

John McKernan, Former County Superintendent, Called to Eternal Reward

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Former County Supt. of Schools John McKernan, passed away at his home, 4455 
Berkeley street, Chicago, this morning, at the age of 70 years. This man had a 
host of friends in this vicinity who will be grieved to hear of his passing. 
He was elected in 1884 and served four years. He was the most energetic, 
industrious and effective superintendent this county ever had. Like most 
active men, he had some eccentricities, but they amounted to nothing in the 
light of his usefulness.

He was a Canadian by birth, and came to Grundy county, near Minooka, to teach 
his first school; then he found another position at Braidwood, where he 
married Miss Mary Duggan. She passed away in a few years and his second 
marriage was to Miss Anna Downey of Seefort, Canada – the old home. The wife 
and four children survive, Thomas J., Monica, John and Edmund.

After leaving Will county, he went into the manufacturing of school and church 
furniture in Chicago, then transferred it to Muskegon, Michigan, on a much 
larger scale. His health failed in a few years, however, and he sold the plant 
to Sears Roebuck Co. The funeral will occur Saturday, November 1, at 10 
o’clock from the home.

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