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Kenney, W.H.
The death of Mr. W.H. Kenney will be a great shock to the large circle of friends which he has made as a restaurateur. Mr. Kenney was taken ill last Saturday and yesterday, the 19th of April, 1881, he passed beyond that bourne from which no traveller returns. The disease of which Mr. Kenney died was typhoid pneumonia. Last Saturday he was among the living today he will be buried in Evergreen cemetery. Mr. Kenney was known to almost every citizen of Colorado Springs. He was the proprietor of the restaurant on Pike's Peak avenue which has long been associated with his name. We know that he was a public spirited citizen and that his hand was open always to the demands of those who had a right to call upon him. He was a soldier of the union. Born in Wisconsin, when the war broke out he joined and 2nd Wisconsin regiment and won a recognition as a brave and patriotic man.
Today he will be buried and his funeral services will be conducted at the Baptist church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Although the deceased was not far enough advanced in Masonry to receive the rites of a Masonic funeral yet his friends in the order are invited to attend the last sad obsequies today.
[The Daily Gazette, Colorado Springs Colorado April 20, 1881 - Shauna Williams]
Kesterson, Gene A.
Gene Austin Kesterson , age 56, a process engineer for Hewlett-Packard, died June 24, 1995, at a local hospital. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Nazarene Church, 5055 El Camino Drive, with the Rev. Gary L. Durham officiating. Evergreen Funeral Home, 1830 E. Fountain Blvd., is handling arrangements.
Mr. Kesterson was born April 7, 1939, in Belpre, Ohio, to George Franklin and Ruby Lenora (Buckner) Kesterson. He was married May 23, 1958, in Belpre to Donna Wilcoxen, who survives. He also is survived by three sons, Donald E. of Peyton, James A. of Colorado Springs and Frank A. of Denver; two brothers, George F. of Mineral Wells, W. Va., and Gary of Cutler, Ohio; three sisters, Catherine Furr of Marion, Ohio, Janet Hayes of Waverly, Tenn., and Carolyn Weber of Reno, Ohio; and four grandchildren. Mr. Kesterson had been an area resident since 1966 and was a member of the orchestra at Trinity Nazarene Church.
[Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph June 27 1995, Submitted by Christine Walters]
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