Vitals: Deaths: Mrs. Wm. Kennedy, 1923 Lackawanna County, PA

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DEATH OF MRS. WM. KENNEDY
LOSS TO CITY'S PHILANTHROPIES, 1923
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Was Identified With Home For the Friendless, the Young Women's
Christian Association, and Other Activities

  Mrs. Amelia Kennedy, wife of William DeWitt Kennedy, who passed
away at her home, 1717 North Washington avenue, yesterday morning, as
was announced in The Times, was for many years prominent in social and
civic affairs in this city, and her keen interest and loving sympathy
will be missed by many charitable associations. She had been in
failing health for the past two years, and had gradually withdrawn
from active work.

  Mrs. Kennedy was born in Scranton, April 29, 1844. She was the
daughter of Pulaski and Olive Ingalls Carter. After attending the
public schools of this city she completed her education in the
seminary at East Greenwich, R. I., grad-uating in 1865. After
graduation she taught for three years in Plymouth, Pa. Her mariage
tok place in 1868. She was a faithful member of the Green Ridge
Presbyterian church.

  Descended from a long line of illustrious ancestors of whom she was
justly proud, Mrs. Kennedy was identified with a number of prominent
patriotic organizations. She was a charter member of the Westmoreland
chapter, United States Daughters of 1812, and the Scranton Colony of
New England Women. She served the former organization, as regent. She
also belonged to the Scranton City chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution; the Lackawanna county committee of  the Colonial Dames of
America, and the Pennsylvania society of the Founders and Patriots and
the Wyoming Com-memorative association. Among her an-cesters were men
and women who assist-ed in making the history of this nation as early
as 1636.

  In philanthropic work, Mrs. Kennedy was always actively interested.
She was a charter member of the Y. W. C. A., and served for
twenty-five years on its board of managers. In 1896 she was one of
the editors for a woman's paper which the society published for one
day, and which netted the society the sum of $4,000. For forty years
she served on the board of managers at the Home for the Friendless,
and during that time she held many offices, including that of
president, vice president and secretary.

  Mrs. Kennedy was an honorary member of the College club, and a
member of the Century club, having been identified with the Woman's
club and the City Improvement league which merged in forming the
Century club.

  Surviving are her husband, a daughter, Mrs. William A. Sherman, of
Newport, R. I.; three sons, William P. Kennedy, Dr. Lucius Kennedy
and Harold S. Kennedy, of Pittsburgh; a brother, Marvin P. Carter, of
Stuart, Fla., six grandchildren and one great granddaughter. The
funeral services will be held from the home tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock.
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Note:  The identity of the newspaper is unknown. The date of Amelia
Maria Carter Kennedy's death was July 23, 1923. Spelling is as in the
original.

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Dr. Lucius Kennedy, 86, Retired Physician, 1958

  Dr. Lucius Carter Kennedy, 86, of 81 Boulevard, Middletown, who
practiced medicine in Scranton, Pa., before his retirement in 1937,
died yesterday in a Middletown nursing home.

  He was born in Scranton, son of William DeWitt and Amelia Carter
Kennedy, and moved to Middletown after retiring. Dr. Kennedy was a
graduate of Princeton University, in 1898.

  He leaves his wife, Mrs. Margaret Robertson Kennedy of Middletown,
and a brother, Harold S. Kennedy of Pittsburgh. He was a brother of
the late Mrs. William a. Sherman of Newport.

  Services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Hambly Funeral
Home. Burial will be in the Island Cemetery.

Note:  The newspaper is unknown, but was probably the Newport News.
The cemetery where he was buried is the same one where Shermans are
typically buried. He died October 19, 1958.

******************************************* This is one of Amelia
Maria Carter Kennedy's documents passed down to me through her
daughter's son. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1844, the
daughter of Pulaski and Olive Ingalls Carter. The wife of William
DeWitt Kennedy, she died July 23, 1923.

Susan Carter White Pieroth pieroth@ix.netcom.com