Edward  Kenney 12/18/2001  ROCK ISLAND  -- Edward  J. Kenney,  of Rock
Island, died  Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001  at his home. Services  will be 10
a.m. Thursday at St. Pius  X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial will
be in National Cemetery, Arsenal Island Arsenal, where military honors
will be  presented by Moline  American Legion Post 246.  Visitation is
3-7  p.m. Wednesday  at Wheelan  Funeral  Home, Rock  Island, where  a
Christian wake service  will be held at 3:30 p.m. He  was born Feb. 3,
1929, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Francis and Anne (Dever) Kenney. He
married  Henrietta L.  Van  Landt in  July  29, 1950,  in Clinton.  Ed
graduated from  St. Ambrose College, Davenport. He  was Executive Vice
President of Mercy Hospital,  Davenport. While at Mercy Hospital, Ed's
duties included overseeing the  construction of the new Mercy Hospital
building. He  had also  served as Human  Resources Director  for Medic
Ambulance, Davenport. He  was a member of St.  Pius X Catholic Church,
Rock Island,  and its St. Vincent  De Paul Society. Ed  also served on
the Board of Trustees of Trinity Regional Health System. For more than
40  years,  he  coached  basketball  and baseball  at  various  levels
throughout  the Quad-Cities.  He loved  sports and  especially enjoyed
playing golf.  Mr. Kenney  was a Korean  Veteran Army  veteran, having
served in  the Counter  Intelligence Corps. Memorials  may be  made to
Alleman High School  for a scholarship to be  established in Ed's name
or to Pathway Hospice. Survivors include his wife, Henrietta; children
and their spouses, Tom (Jackie) Kenney, Thornton, Colo., Therese (Jim)
Fitzpatrick, Fort Atkinson, Wis., Mary (Frank) Fuhr, Taylor Ridge, and
Joe (Kim) Kenney, Chicago;  grandchildren, Megan and Mike Fitzpatrick,
Patrick Kenney and Chris and Amanda Fuhr; a sister and brother-in-law,
Jean and Leonard Henricksen, Clinton; and brothers and sisters-in-law,
John  and  Ursula Kenney,  Clinton,  and  Richard  and Sharon  Kenney,
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

Quad Cities Times
Dec. 18, 2001.