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Goldie Mable Gibbs Kennedy

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Birth	:	20 Feb 1905
Death	:	14 Sep 1936
Burial	:	Mount Hope Cemetery, Imperial, Chase County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5297012, -101.6607971
Plot	:	D34W4
Description	:	OBITUARY AND ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT GOLDIE KENNEDY OBITUARY: Goldie Mable Kennedy was born February 20 1905 at Esbon Kansas. Was a member of the Methodist church there and remained a faithful member unto the end. She was also a member of the Woman's club of Imperial and took an active part in the work of the club. She graduated from the Esbon, Kansas high school in 1923. After teaching school for a term she was married to Forrest Kennedy, To this union were born the following, children: Beth Gelene, June Maurine, Lila Gay, Rex Dale,... Read More	OBITUARY AND ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT GOLDIE KENNEDY OBITUARY: Goldie Mable Kennedy was born February 20 1905 at Esbon Kansas. Was a member of the Methodist church there and remained a faithful member unto the end. She was also a member of the Woman's club of Imperial and took an active part in the work of the club. She graduated from the Esbon, Kansas high school in 1923. After teaching school for a term she was married to Forrest Kennedy, To this union were born the following, children: Beth Gelene, June Maurine, Lila Gay, Rex Dale, Reta Lee, Viva Jean who passed away April 18, 1935 and Jack Don. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Gibbs, of Esbon, Kans. who were present at the service. A brother Vance Gibbs and wife were also here. One brother, little D. C. Gibbs passed away in 1919 at the age of three years. She leaves numerous other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her departure. As a tribute to Mrs. Kennedy all the business houses in Imperial closed during the services. The funeral was conducted by the Rev C. R. Garver at the Methodist church to a large audience of sympathetic friends. (Newspaper and date of obituary clipping not recorded. Original spelling and punctuation retained. Moderately long poem not included.) ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Goldie Gibbs married Forrest Kennedy on April 14, 1924. They initially farmed on rented land in Jewell County, Kansas. After Goldie's doctor recommended that they move to a drier climate for her health, they moved in 1929 to Enders in Chase County Nebraska, where they rented a farm. They moved again to another farm about two miles from Imperial, Nebraska early in 1931. They moved into town at Imperial the summer of 1932 and Forrest became Chief of Police in Imperial about 1933. Goldie died from complications from pneumonia on September 14, 1936. Antibiotics were not available at that time. The children ranged in age from 4 months to 12 years at the time of her death. Before she died, she asked Forrest to promise to keep the children together and to make sure they all got a high school education. After Goldie's death, the family stayed together during the school year and the children spent summers with various relatives in Kansas. (The additional information was written by Jim Kennedy based on information from Goldie's daughter Reta.)

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Goldie Mable Gibbs Kennedy's memorial is located at: Mount Hope Cemetery, Imperial, Chase County, USA.
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Latitude: 40.5297012
Longitude: -101.6607971

Family Members:

Parent

William Orvel Gibbs

(1882 - 1963)

Bertha Mae Clawson Gibbs

(1884 - 1966)

Spouse

Arthur Forrest Kennedy

(1900 - 1960)

Children

Viva Jean Kennedy

(1933 - 1935)

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