In Memory Of
Colin Alexander "Coke" Kennedy, Jr.
1946
2023
Colin Alexander "Coke" Kennedy, Jr.
November 13, 1946 — March 31, 2023
SMSgt (RET) Colin Alexander "Coke" Kennedy Jr., 76, of Junction City, Kansas passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. A visitation will take place from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at Johnson Funeral Home. A celebration of life service will take place at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at the Junction City Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Mark Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow at the Lower Humboldt Cemetery in rural eastern Geary County. Memorial contributions are suggested to be given to the Junction City Church of the Nazarene or Gideon's International.
Colin was born November 13, 1946, in Casper, Wyoming, the son of Colin A. and Mary Jean (Hathaway) Kennedy, Sr.
Colin graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming with the class of 1965. He served in the United States Air Force retiring in 1988 as a Senior Master Sergeant. He later worked as a civil servant at Fort Riley. He was a member of the Junction City Church of the Nazarene. Colin was instrumental in the early stages of planning to establish a Nazarene Church in Dwight, Kansas. At the time of his death, he was in the process of completing his ordination.
On August 26, 1989, he married Barbara. They would have celebrated thirty-four years of marriage in August of this year.
Survivors include his wife Barbara of Junction City, Kansas; three sons, Steven Kennedy and his wife Jill of Jacksonville, Florida, Michael Kennedy of Winfield, Kansas and Rodney Kennedy of Minneapolis, Minnesota; one daughter, Debora Delaney and her husband David Schnitzer of Bridgewater, New Jersey; one step-son, James Cooke and his wife Rhonda of Shawnee, Kansas; one step-daughter, Jennifer Terry and her husband Anthony of Morrow, Ohio; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; his mother, Mary Jean Hathaway of Junction City, Kansas; one brother, Hal Kennedy of Shoreline, Washington; four step-brothers and one step-sister.
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Colin was born November 13, 1946, in Casper, Wyoming, the son of Colin A. and Mary Jean (Hathaway) Kennedy, Sr.
Colin graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming with the class of 1965. He served in the United States Air Force retiring in 1988 as a Senior Master Sergeant. He later worked as a civil servant at Fort Riley. He was a member of the Junction City Church of the Nazarene. Colin was instrumental in the early stages of planning to establish a Nazarene Church in Dwight, Kansas. At the time of his death, he was in the process of completing his ordination.
On August 26, 1989, he married Barbara. They would have celebrated thirty-four years of marriage in August of this year.
Survivors include his wife Barbara of Junction City, Kansas; three sons, Steven Kennedy and his wife Jill of Jacksonville, Florida, Michael Kennedy of Winfield, Kansas and Rodney Kennedy of Minneapolis, Minnesota; one daughter, Debora Delaney and her husband David Schnitzer of Bridgewater, New Jersey; one step-son, James Cooke and his wife Rhonda of Shawnee, Kansas; one step-daughter, Jennifer Terry and her husband Anthony of Morrow, Ohio; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; his mother, Mary Jean Hathaway of Junction City, Kansas; one brother, Hal Kennedy of Shoreline, Washington; four step-brothers and one step-sister.
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Service Schedule
Past Services
Visitation
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
5:00 - 7:00 pm (Central time)
Johnson & Mass-Hinitt
Service
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Starts at 10:00 am (Central time)
Junction City Church of the Nazarene (JCNaz)
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