Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, August 17, 1993 TAG: 9308170670
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: HARRISONBURG LENGTH: Medium
OBIT KENNEDY, DORIS JEAN BOONE
KENNEDY, Doris Jean Boone, 61, of Harrisonburg, died Sunday evening, August
15, 1993, at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient
since Thursday, August 12, 1993. A daughter of the late Harry Boone and Vassie
Greer Boone, she was born on July 2, 1932, in Rocky Mount. She graduated from
Madison College (now James Madison University) and received her Bachelor's
Degree of Science in Nursing from the Medical College of Virginia. She was a
member of the Alpha Sigma Tau Social Society, the Alpha Sigma Chi Leadership
Fraternity and was president of the MCV School of Nursing Student Body in
1955. Mrs. Kennedy was a Public Health Nurse in Franklin and Alleghany
Counties for several years, and resided in Hot Springs until moving to
Harrisonburg in 1968. She was an active member of the RMH Auxillary and was
awarded an honorary lifetime membership to the American Cancer Society. She
was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. On September 29, 1956, she
married Dr. Ralph Oscar Kennedy, who preceded her in death on April 29, 1978.
Surviving are two daughters, Katherine Morin of Norfolk and Martha Irvin of
Richlands; one son, Daniel B. Kennedy of Harrisonburg; four grandchildren,
Miles and Reid Morin of Norfolk and Mason and Anne Irvin of Richlands; one
sister, Mary Ann Hash of Nashville, Tenn.; two brothers, Vester Boone of
Statesville, N.C. and Andrew Boone of Rocky Mount. Funeral services will be
held Wednesday morning at 11 from the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev.
Robert S. Wells officiating. Burial will be in Woodbine Cemetery. Her body now
rests at the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home. The casket will be closed.
Friends may call at the Kennedy home. Memorial contributions may be made to
the Surgical Research and Educational Fund, c/o David C. Allison, M.D., Dept.
of Surgery, Medical College of Ohio, PO Box 10008, Toledo, Ohio, 43699-0008,
or to the charity of your choice.
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