Randall Frederick KENNON

1913 - 1993  (80 years)

• Name	Randall Frederick KENNON
  Birth	13 Jan 1913	Red Oak, Montgomery, IA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	25 Jan 1993  [3]
  	Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS Retired U.S. Navy Captain Randall F. Kennon, 80, of 2602 S.Taylor, died at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, at his home. He had been ill the past year. Mr. Kennon was born Jan. 13, 1913, in Red Oak, Iowa the son of Fred LaRue and Emma Madison Kennon. He attended schools in Red Oak. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served 30 years retiring Jan. 1, 1959, with the rank of captain. He was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 when it was bombed by the Japanese. A pilot in the Navy Air Force, he participated in the Battle of Midway and in 1942 was ordered to Guadalcanal. He was awarded the usual air medals, but his most treasured was a Unit Citation he received from Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey for locating the Japanese forces coming down the slot at Guadalcanal. When he was selected for test pilot*school, he was four classes ahead of John Glenn and Alan Sheppard, who later became astronauts. He was promoted to lieutenant commander while he was attending this school. After retiring in 1959 he came to Pittsburg and attended Kansas State Teachers College, now Pittsburg State University, graduating with a bachelors of science degree in accounting. He stayed on the staff at PSU for five years. He also, was employed at the Army Ammunition Plant at Parsons where he retired in 1974. He married Phyllis E. Armstrong Jan. 18, 1946, in Kansas City, Mo. Membership was in the Sigma Tau Fraternity, the Melrose Masonic Lodge No. 602 and, Consistory in California, Mirza Shrine in Pittsburg, a former member of the Lions Club and a member of the Silver Eagle Association. Survivors include the wife, of the home; one son, Fred L. Kennon of Overland Park; three daughters, Donna M. Cory of Plattewood, Mo., M. Susan Pierce of Shawnee, Kan., and Karen J. Kiss of Piqua, Ohio; one brother, Maurice Kennon of Stanton, Iowa; one sister, Patricia Kugler of Inavale, Neb., and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters. Services will be 10:30 a.m.Tuesday at the Brenner Chapel with Dr. Wayne Black of the First Christian Church officiating. Flag-folding services conducted by Jimmie Friend and Ben Moore of the Benjamin A. Fuller Post No. 64 of the Pittsburg American Legion will follow the services. The body; will be cremated and the cremains will be buried at a later date in the National Cemetery at Fort Scott. The family will receive friends, from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the Brenner Chapel with masonic services by the Pittsburg Masonic Lodge No. 187 at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the Brenner Mortuary, 114 E. Fourth St., Pittsburg, after 2 p.m. today.
  		Obituary Randall Frederick Kennon
  Death	24 Jan 1993	Pittsburg, Crawford, KS   [2]
  Burial	28 Jan 1993	National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS   [2]
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  Person ID	I96	MM
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Fred LaRue KENNON,   b. 1 Sep 1889, Corning, Adams, IA d. 18 May 1977, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Emma Jeanette MADISON,   b. 16 Jun 1891, Corning, Adams, IA d. 8 Dec 1973, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rose Roberta SOLKOLOFF,   b. Abt 1916, NY d. 1948, NY (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1935  [4, 5]
  Divorce	25 Oct 1945	Red Oak, Montgomery, IA   [6]
  	The Red Oak Express reported that Randall F. Kennon appeared but the defendant Rose Kennon did not. Upon hearing evidence Mr. Kennon was granted a divorce and custody of the minor adopted child.
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Phyllis Esther ARMSTRONG,   b. 12 Aug 1916   d. 27 Sep 2009 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1945	Kansas City, Jackson, MO   [1, 7]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Jan 1913 - Red Oak, Montgomery, IA Divorce - 25 Oct 1945 - Red Oak, Montgomery, IA Marriage - 31 Dec 1945 - Kansas City, Jackson, MO Death - 24 Jan 1993 - Pittsburg, Crawford, KS Burial - 28 Jan 1993 - National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Kennon, Mildred & Marlene, Kennon Family Report, 13. [S601] Print Obituary, Maurice "Buzz" Kennon; Morning Sun (Pittsburg, KS) January 25, 1993., 601. [S601] Print Obituary, Randall F. Kennon; Morning Sun (Pittsburg, KS) January 25, 1993., 601. [S1940] 1940 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1940), 1940. [S1092] Various, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, 1822-1995), 1092. [S1155] Newpaper Articles and Obituaries, Red Oak Express (Red Oak, IA) October 25, 1945, page 1., 1155. [S666] Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO), 666.