Edith Amelia KENNON

1888 - 1962  (74 years)

• Name	Edith Amelia KENNON
  Birth	1 Mar 1888	Corning, Adams, IA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  		Birth Record Edith Amelia Kennon
  Gender	Female
  Census	2 Apr 1940	6032 Ellis Avenue South, Chicago, Cook, IL   [7]
  	1940 census at Chicago, Cook, IL shows Edith A. Kennon, 52, b. IA, same residence 1930, English teacher.
  Note	1 Feb 1929	Anamosa, Jones, IA   [4]
  	Edith was accepted as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Francis (illegible) Chapter in Anamosa, Iowa. She claimed descendancy from Levi Chapin of Chicopee, MA.
  Obituary	20 Dec 1962	Corning, Adams, IA   [2]
  	Adams County Free Press Miss Edith Kennon - Edith A. Kennon, daughter of Frederick A. and Clara E. D. LaRue Kennon, was born at Corning, Iowa on March 1, 1888, and passed away at Lenox, Iowa on Saturday, December 15, 1962 at the age of 74 years 9 months and 14 days. Following her graduation from Corning High School, Edith taught for a few years in the rural schools of Adams County. She then attended the State University of Iowa at Iowa City and Chicago University where she acquired her Masters Degree in Education. Edith then entered the Indian Service for the United States Government, teaching in the Indian Schools at Pipestone, Minnesota; Fort Mojave, Arizona; Greenwood, South Dakota, and in the State of North Dakota. For a time she taught school at the Home Stake Mine at Deadwood, South Dakota, also in the public schools at Dysart, Iowa and Anamosa, Iowa. For many years she taught in the public school system in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout her long and colorful teaching career she always gave her time, her talents and her efforts to the underprivileged children on the Indian Reservations and in the City of Chicago. Her life was devoted to the improvement of conditions for these unfortunate children through education. She retired from the teaching profession in 1941, returning to Corning to care for her mother during her declining years. Edith was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Corning, Iowa and a 50 year member of Emblem Chapter of the Eastern Star. Other organizations in which she held membership were the Colonial Dames, the Frances Shaw Chapter of the D.A.R. and the P.E.O, and Emanon Club. She served the local community for several years as a member of the Corning Library Board. She is survived by her three brothers, Fred of Red Oak, Iowa; Frank of Owatonna, Minnesota, and Ralph of Merrifield, Minnesota, several nieces and nephews, and many friends and neighbors. Funeral services were held Mon., December 17 at 3 pm from the Roland Funeral Home with Joe Cook officiating. Music was by Mrs. Doyle Tranbarger, Mrs. Bert Peckham, and Mrs. Dick Cook. Pallbearers were Ted Turner, Byron Stanley, John Fees, Homer Snodgrass, Jim Briles and Harry Coulter. Interment was in Walnut Grove cemetery.
  Occupation	School teacher  [8]
  Death	15 Dec 1962	Lenox, Taylor, IA   [2, 5, 6]
  	Died at the Rosary Hospital in Corning of Parkinsons disease.
  Burial	17 Dec 1962	Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA   [2, 6]
  	Find A Grave e-Memorial
  Person ID	I91	MM
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Frederick Albert KENNON,   b. 24 Jul 1857, Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY d. 2 Feb 1910, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Clara Edith Daisy LARUE,   b. 7 Jul 1865, Bloomington, McLean, IL d. 16 Sep 1949, Corning, Adams, IA (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1 Mar 1888 - Corning, Adams, IA Note - 1 Feb 1929 - Anamosa, Jones, IA Death - 15 Dec 1962 - Lenox, Taylor, IA Burial - 17 Dec 1962 - Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA Obituary - 20 Dec 1962 - Corning, Adams, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S2] Kennon Bible, (1872), 2. [S6] Adams County Free Press, Obituary dated Dec. 20, 1962, 6. [S8] Iowa State Birth Certificate, Certificatation of Birth Registration, filed Nov. 22, 1952., 8. [S11] Kennon, Edith Amelia, DAR Application, (2/1/1929), 11. [S13] Kennon, Mildred & Marlene, Kennon Family Report, 13. [S12] Funeral Card, 12. [S1940] 1940 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1940), 1940. [S6] Adams County Free Press, From obituary dated Dec. 20, 1962, 6.