Linda Louise Kennedy

Linda Louise Kennedy, 84, Portland, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 16, at her home. 

Linda was born May 14, 1941, to William Guthrie and Nancy F. (Downs) Howard in Bardstown, Kentucky. She moved to Portland in June 1946 and lived with her father and stepmother, Clara (Steiner) Howard. 

Linda married Thomas C. Kennedy on Nov. 28, 1959. They had three daughters, Charlene Theurer (husband: Roger), rural Jay County, Carol Kennedy, Portland, and Christina Kennedy-Nixon, rural Jay County. 

Linda retired from the Jay School Corporation, Crossroads Financial Credit Union and as clerk-treasurer for the City of Portland. She also worked at Jay Randolph Developmental Services, which she always considered a blessing. Throughout her life, she served her community in many ways, including membership in Zion Lutheran Church, Kiwanis Club of Portland, The Women’s Giving Circle and Gamma Nu Sorority. She volunteered for Jay County Hospital Auxiliary. 

She is survived by her husband and daughters and two sisters, Nancy Daughtery (husband: Bob), Louisville, Kentucky, Phyllis De-Smet Howard (husband: Willy), Portland; and one brother, Bill Howard, Louisville, Kentucky. She is also survived by six granddaughters, one grandson, four great-granddaughters and a great-grandson. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a granddaughter, Mandy Theurer. 

Memorials may be made to the Mandy Theurer Memorial Endowment Fund at the Portland Foundation. 

Graveside services will be held at a later date in Green Park Cemetery in Portland. 

Arrangements entrusted to Williamson-Spencer and Penrod Funeral Home in Portland.