Marguerite Clara "Peggy" Kennedy Obituary (1921

Marguerite Clara "Peggy" Kennedy, 99, of Le Roy, Illinois, passed away at 4:13 A.M. Saturday, April 4, 2020, at the McLean County Nursing Home, Normal, Illinois. Private services will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery, Le Roy, Illinois. Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Le Roy, Illinois, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the Le Roy Christian Church. Mrs. Kennedy was born March 3, 1921, in Piatt County, Illinois, to Charles and Emma Leitz Rhodes. She married Joseph Carroll Kennedy on November 2, 1940, in Fort Madison, Iowa. He passed away November 23, 1994. Survivors include her children: Barbara Parido, Sharon (Jim) Glasscock, Mike (Diana) Kennedy, and Patty (Bryan) Rees all of Le Roy, Illinois; twelve grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; seventeen great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters; one brother; one son-in-law, Don Parido; and one great-great-grandchild, Corden Kennedy. Peggy worked in the restaurant business for many years. She was a member of the Le Roy Christian Church where she sang in the choir for many years, and was involved in many church activities. She graduated from Monticello High School in 1939.