Ross-Fayette County OhArchives Obituaries.....Kennedy, Nellie Maranda (Hoffman) September 28, 1982
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From the 29 Sept. 1982 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times":

                             KENNEDY.
          Nellie Maranda Hoffman Kennedy, 83, of 2902 S. West Armburst Rd., 
Washington C.H. died Tuesday at 12 p.m. at her residence following a four 
month illness.
          Born August 7, 1899 in Ross County, she was the daughter of Nathan 
Dawson Hoffman and Minnie Bell Taylor Hoffman.
          The wife of Jahile Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy's husband preceded her in 
death on March 18, 1963.
          A member of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association, the American 
Legion Auxiliary, Paul Hughey Unit No. 25, Washington C.H.; the Immanuel 
Baptist Church, Washington C.H.; Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 108, 
Chillicothe; Fayette County Auxiliary of WWI No. 2291, and former deputy 
registrar of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Ross County.  Mrs. Kennedy was a 
1916 graduate of Buckskin High School and a 1955 graduate of Wilmington 
College.  She taught school for 49 years in the Wilson, Black, Lyndon, Waugh, 
South Scioto at Massieville and Buckskin Schools.  She retired in 1966.
         She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Elwood (Margaret) COKONOUGHER 
of S. West Armburst Rd., Washington C.H.; six grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.  One sister preceded her in death.
         Funeral service will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Murray's Funeral 
Home.  Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Frankfort.
         Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday.

Additional Comments:
The following article is from an undated and unnamed newspaper clipping, but, 
given the age of N.D. Hoffman as listed in the clipping, the date of the 
clipping must have been about 1938.

             "FIRE DESTROYS KENNEDY HOME ON SLATE HILL.
      Believed to have originated from a defective flue, fire completely 
destroyed the five-room house of Mr. and Mrs. Hile Kennedy, near Slate Hill, 
and burned a large part of the contents, yesterday.
      W. N. Kennedy of Salinas, Calif., visiting with his son after being on 
the west coast for 16 years, suffered a loss of $500 in travelers' checks, 
$200 in postal saving certificates, and his return ticket.
      The elder Kennedy had taken $100 in cash with him when he left the house 
shortly before the fire.
      The structure - the ancestral home of Mrs. Kennedy's family and said to 
be more than 100 years old - was completely razed.  The loss was not covered 
by insurance, according to reports.
      Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Hile Kennedy was at home at the time.
      When Miss Blanche Hoffman, a sister of Mrs. Kennedy, and N. D. Hoffman, 
77, her father, discovered the blaze, the upper part of the house was in 
flames.  
      They were able to remove a radio, a suit of clothing, some bedding, and 
a few pieces of furniture.
      Neighbors aided in saving sheds and barns near the burning structure.
      Hile Kennedy was in Greenfield; Mrs. Kennedy in Chillicothe where she is 
employed as a teacher in the WPA nursery school.  Their daughter, Margaret, 
was at school in South Salem.
      The family will stay for the present at the home of Mr. Hoffman's 
brother-in-law, on the Jacob Taylor farm."
         


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