FRANK KENNEDY, Obituary, 8 Apr 1939, Smith County, TX

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From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa)
Globe Gazette, Saturday, April 8, 1939, p. 8, col. 8:

SERVICES HELD FOR KENNEDY
Burial of Swea City World Veteran to Be Made at Tyler, Tex.

SWEA CITY [KOSSUTH, IOWA] - Funeral rites for Frank Kennedy, World war 
veteran, were held at the Catholic church at Armstrong [Emmet, Iowa]
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 an 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.

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