Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kenny, Foster John 1960
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Ionia Sentinel, Saturday, July 9, 1960

Former Official of County Dies

Foster J. Kenny, 54, former Ionia county register of deeds, and sports 
enthusiast, died early Saturday morning in a Lansing hospital.

Word of his death was received in Ionia by relatives Saturday morning who were 
informed he died of a heart attack.

He was graduated from the Ionia high school with the class of 1924 and 
following graduation from college taught school several years.  He also served 
as a high school superintendent.

He was a well-known athlete during his high school days and was an ardent 
follower of sports in all forms.  He headed the recreation program in Ionia 
city during the early 1930 depression years.  Included among his 
accomplishments was an inside ice skating rink in the automobile building at 
the fairground and the organization of the former softball league which 
operated in Ionia several years.

He later was recreational director at the Michigan Reformatory and served as 
coach of the athletic teams.

In 1932 he was elected Ionia county register of deeds and served one term.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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undated article

Service for Foster J. Kenny, 55, who died Saturday morning in a Lansing 
hospital, will be held at Palmer-Bush funeral home on Mt. Hope avenue Tuesday 
at 1 p.m.  Graveside service will be at Clear Lake cemetery near Fenwick at 3 
p.m.

He was born in Muir May 1, 1905, the son of John and Bertha Kenny.

Survivors include his wife, Athleen; four daughters, Mrs. Bert (Dorothy) 
Bennett of Orleans, Josephine R. Kenny of Greenville, Mrs. Dale (Patricia) 
Vowels of Anaheim, Calif., and Mrs. Harry (Marjorie) Orr of Montville, N.J.; 
two sons, Robert J. Kenny of Belding, and James D. of Fenwick; 12 
grandchildren; three step-sons, Richard, Lee and William McCrimons of Lansing; 
one step-daughter, Mrs. Norma Stout of Lansing; six step-grandchildren, and 
several cousins in the Ionia area.

Clear Lake cemetery is located nine and one-half miles north of Ionia and one 
mile west of M66 on Jenks road.


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