Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.1,2

Resident in Wood River, Madison, Illinois, USA.1

Resident in Wood River, Madison, Illinois, USA.2

Married Donald W. KENNEY in Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA.5

From: Alton Evening Telegraph, Friday, December 31, 1937; Page 6,Column 1:
Kenney-Koehne Nuptials
The marriage of Miss Eunice Koehne, daughter of Mrs. Bertha Koehne of307 Whitelaw avenue in Wood River, to Donald W, Kenney took placeThursday night, at 3 o’clock, in the parsonage of St. Patrick’sChurch.
The Rev. John Crosson performed the ceremony, and John Heintz and MissPauline Johnson served as the young couple’s attendants.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenney will take up their residence in an apartment onEast Fourth street, Mr. Kenney is with  the Great States Theaters ofAlton.
Mrs. Kenney is a member of Delta Theta Tau Sorority.

Birth of son Terry W. KENNEY in Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA

Died in Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA.3,4

From: Alton Evening Telegraph, Monday, May 6, 1940; Page 2, Column 3:
Woman Dies of Gas Fumes on 23d Birthday
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Found Unconscious in Home, Dies Later in a Hospital
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Inhalator Unavailing
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Mother of 2-Year-Old Son Discovered as Husband Returns Home
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Death at 6:30 Sunday evening, an hour and a half after she had beenfound unconscious from gas fumes in the family apartment at 1410a EastFourth street, brought to a tragic close the twenty-third birthday ofMrs. Eunice Kenney, wife of Donald W. Kenney.
Mrs. Kenney was found at 5 pm. when her husband returned home withtheir two-year-old son, Terry, after being absent since 10 am.
Finding the door locked, he told police, he noted an odor of gas, andhastily broke in. On discovering what had occurred, he shut off thegas stove, hastily broke out a window with a chair to admit more freshair, and gave an alarm which resulted in an ambulance, doctor, and thefire department inhalator squad being called.
Firemen who responded with the inhalator from the No. 1 departmenthouse said that they found Mrs. Kenney had been moved to the backporch, and there they worked for more than 30 minutes an effort torevive her. Meantime a physician arrived, and Mrs. Kenney was taken toSt. Joseph’s Hospital in an ambulance, the fire department squad,directed by Foreman Arnold Selbson, keeping up the inhalatortreatment during the trip.
Resuscitation efforts were continued at the hospital under directionthe physician, but without avail, and at 6:30 Mrs. Kenney waspronounced dead, and the office of Deputy Coroner Klunk notified.
Kenney said that he and his wife were to have gone to a family dinnerat the home of his mother, Mrs. Thomas Kenney, at 1231 East Seventhstreet, at noon Sunday. the day being his wife’s twenty-thirdbirthday. They had disagreed about some plans they were consideringfor moving, and he had taken the baby and gone to his mother’s home.He had not regarded the disagreement as more than a trivial matter andhad expected his wife later would join him and the baby for the dinnerengagement.
Beside her husband and son, Mrs. Kenney is survived by her mother,Mrs. Bertha Koehne; two sisters, Mrs. Russell Coultas of St. Louis andMrs. Kenneth Plenkhaus of Bethalto. Mrs. Kenney was born in Cleveland,May 5, 1917, but during her early life was a resident of Wood River.She and Kenney were married a little more than three years ago andsince had resided in Alton.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Kenney have been set for Tuesday at 9 a. m., atSt. Patrick’s Church and interment will be in Greenwood cemetery. Thebody is at the Klunk funeral home where friends may call after 4 p. m.today and where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
From: Alton Evening Telegraph, Tuesday, May 7, 1940; Page 2, Column 4:
Mrs. Eunice Kenney
Funeral Services
Funeral rites for Mrs. Eunice Kenney, wife of Donald W. Kenney, wereheld at 9 a. m., today at St. Patrick’s Church with the Rev. FatherJohn Crosson as celebrant of the requiem mass. Burial was in Greenwoodcemetery. Services at the church and at the cemetery were largelyattended.
Pallbearers were Kdward Gillespie, Maurice Henkhaus, Clarence Kolp,William Heintz, Paul Kennedy and John McConnell.