Lora J. Kennedy, 100, of Crystal City died Feb. 5, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Kennedy had worked at Kennedy’s Bi-Rite grocery in Herculaneum and Kennedy’s Boarding Home in Crystal City. She was born Sept. 6, 1916, in St. Louis, the daughter of the late Dora (Jamison) and Frank Kanaday. She was preceded in death by her husband: James A. Kennedy.
She is survived by a daughter: Jeanette (Donald) Caruthers of De Soto; two sons: Roy (Charlotte) Kennedy of Bonne Terre and David (Betty) Kennedy of Crystal City; 16 grandchildren: James A. Kennedy III, Rosalie (Curtis) Tucker, Lorren Kennedy, Kimberly (Darrel) Hamman, Evan Kennedy, Darren Kennedy, Cherie (Don) Frey, Lynn (Darryl) Keeney, Wendy (Peter) Roth, Roy L. (Jessica) Kennedy Jr., Melissa (Mike) Coppedge, Denise (Rob) Tidwell, Donnie Caruthers, Karen (Eugene) West, Heather Davis and Benjamin D. (Jessica) Kennedy; 39 great-grandchildren: Amber (Lestel) Rushing, Tiffani Tucker, Darren Kennedy Jr., Brandon Kennedy, Collin Kennedy, Alyssa Kennedy, Alanna Kennedy, Aleah Kennedy, Adriana Kennedy, Andrew Perry, Amanda Hamman, Darrel Hamman, Tyler Hamman, Connar Hamman, Melody Hamman, Destney Frey, Keely Frey, Sumer Davis, Tanner Davis, Walker J. Chandler, Cohen Kennedy, Laine Kennedy, identical triplets Reed, Finn and Knox Kennedy, Rachel Jones, Darryl Keeney Jr., Orinna Kennedy, Elijah Kennedy, Jeremiah Kennedy, Lindsey (Stacy) Tomlinson, Justin Caruthers, Jordan (Precious) Caruthers, Michael (Brittany) Coppedge, Chelsea (Wade) Sides, Felicia Spain, Eithen Whitter, April (Corey) McKeen and Robbie Tidwell; and 20 great-great-grandchildren: Brinley Alford, Scarlett Jones, Lexus Keeney, Lathan Sheppard-Kennedy, Brodie Coppedge, Alyssa Coppedge, Eli Sides, Ella Sides, Justin Caruthers, Mallory Caruthers, Hunter DeRousse, Ricky Wilson, Peyton Walker, Noah Caruthers, Nevaeh Caruthers, Terry Rushing, Lillian Rushing, Hunter Rushing, Hadessah Hamman and Michael Moore III.
She was preceded in death by two sons: James A. (the late Barbara) Kennedy Jr. and Terrence Kennedy; four brothers: Harry, Louis, Seldon and Joseph Kanaday; and three sisters: Dolores Nall, Wilma McKinney and Lahoma Golbert.
Visitation is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at Vinyard Funeral Home, 616 W. Main, in Festus. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the funeral home, officiated by the Rev. Alan Smith. Burial is in Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens in Crystal City. Memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children. Arrangements are under the direction of Vinyard Funeral Home in Festus.