Richard "Dick" D Kennedy

THE LIFE OF RICHARD DOUGLAS (DICK) KENNEDY

     DICK WAS BORN IN HAMILTON, MONTANA ON MARCH 5, 1940 TO

PARENTS, WILLIAM D. (BILL) AND THELMA M. (SMITH) KENNEDY.

HE WAS THE OLDEST OF THREE BOYS.  ARCHIE WAS 2 ½ YEARS YOUNGER AND DELBERT (DEL) WAS 5 YEARS YOUNGER.  AS THE FAMILY GREW, HE HAD 6 NIECES & NEPHEWS THAT HE SPOILED EVERY CHANCE HE COULD.

     THE FAMILY MOVED AROUND THE NORTHWEST TO WHEREVER WORK WOULD TAKE THEM.  HE LIVED IN HAMILTON, MONTANA, ON THE OREGON COAST, AND IN THE STANFIELD/ECHO AREAS.  IN 1971 DICK & HIS PARENTS PURCHASED A HOME IN STANFIELD AND HE LIVED THERE UNTIL

SEPTEMBER 2023. 

     DICK WORKED AT A PLYWOOD MILL IN TOLEDO, OREGON WHERE HE MET AND MARRIED HIS FIRST WIFE.  THEY LATER DIVORCED.  AFTER MOVING TO THE STANFIELD/ECHO AREA, HE WORKED IN FARM CONSTRUCTION BUILDING QUONSET HUTS. HE MET HIS SECOND WIFE WHILE IN THIS AREA AND LATER DIVORCED.  HIS NEXT JOB WAS WORKING AT THE UMATILLA ARMY DEPOT AS A TEMPORARY FOR 7 YEARS.  AFTER THAT ENDED, HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE STANFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A CUSTODIAN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.  HE WAS THERE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1999.

     HE WAS MARRIED AND DIVORCED TWICE BEFORE FINDING HIS LIFETIME PARTNER MARY BURKE.  SHE MADE HIM HAPPY AND GAVE HIM PURPOSE IN LIFE.  THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR OVER 30 YEARS, UNTIL HER PASSING.

     DICK & MARY LOVED ATTENDING THE MANY SENIOR LUNCHES IN THE COUNTY AND ATTENDING ANY & ALL FIDDLERS CONTESTS THEY HEARD ABOUT.  THEY LOVED GOING CAMPING AND FISHING.  DICK ALSO ENJOYED HUNTING IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS.  HE ALSO LOVED TO TRAVEL, VISITING MANY PLACES IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.  HIS “HIGHLIGHT” TRIP WAS GOING TO ALASKA.  HE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR YEARS.

     DICK JOINED THE COAST GUARD IN 1958. DURING BASIC TRAINING, HE WAS GIVEN A MEDICAL HONORABLE DISCHARGE. 

     DICK WAS A CHARTER & LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE MOOSE LODGE IN STANFIELD, OR. 

     FAMILY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DICK.  IF YOU NEEDED ANYTHING HE WOULD BE THERE TO HELP.

     HE NEVER KNEW A STRANGER!

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