
J. Raymond Kenny
Date de décès : 15 mai 2011
Passed away peacefully at the Hoyles-Escasoni Complex on 15 May, J. Raymond Kenny. Predeceased by his wife Margaret in July 2010. Leaving to mourn with fond and loving memories are his children Brendan (Lorraine); Raymond (June); Anne Marie (Harold); Gerard (Roslen); Ronald (Jan); Rosemary (Jeff); 14 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; two sisters, Patricia McKenna (Pointe Claire, Quebec) and Monica Stackhouse (Fort Myers, Florida). He also leaves four sisters-in-law Bernice Kenny, Gertrude O’Leary, Frances Buckley all of St. John’s and Anna Kenny (San Mateo, Texas). Ray was a Mount Cashel boy who along with his brothers, Aiden and Jim, were members of the famous Mount Cashel Band. He also played with Aiden and Jim in the well renowned band the Princes’ Orchestra from the 1940s to the 1970s. The three Kenny brothers were also members of the Mount Cashel football team which won the St. John’s championship in 1946. He was also an employee of Canada National Railway for 42 years. He will be waking at Caul’s Funeral Home, LeMarchant Road on Monday and Tuesday, May 16-17 from 2:00 – 4:00p.m. and 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial to be held on Wednesday, May 18th at Mary Queen of the World Church, Topsail Road at 9:30 a.m. Interment to follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Flowers gratefully accepted or donations kindly accepted for the Basilica Parish Restoration Fund.