Queensbury - Grace (Foley) Kenney, 99, of Cascade, CT, passed away peacefully at her home on June 5, 2012, one day after her 99th birthday. Her loving family was by her side.
Born June 4, 1913 in Glens Falls, NY, she was the daughter of Patrick William and Ellen (Hurley) Foley. Grace attended Glens Falls Schools and graduated with the Class of 1932. Her family owned "Foley's Market" in Lake George and she became the bookkeeper for their business. Having lost her mother at the age of twelve, her loving aunt, Hannah Foley and uncles, Tom Foley and John J. Burns were major influences in her life.
On April 18, 1938 Edward Nelson Kenney and Grace were united in marriage and spent 71 wonderful years together until his death in December of 2009. They resided in Glens Falls, and Lake George (summers). They worked side by side during the summers at Foleys Market. They spent many winters in Siesta Key, Florida and later in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They enjoyed thirty plus years of retirement on Lake George (Cleverdale) and loved having family and friends visit for a few hours or a few weeks.
Survivors include two daughters, Ellen Kenney of Thurman, and Kristine LaRose (Bud) of Queensbury, and one son, Edward F. Kenney (Chris) of Queensbury; eleven grandchildren, Beth Newell of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Sarah Bjerke (Todd) of Rising Sun, MD, Tom Austin (Sarah) of Malta, Patrick LaRose of Queensbury, Sonya LaRose of Omaha, Nebraska, Stacey Wells (Todd) of Gansevoort, Joan Ankrom (Mick) of Wellesley, MA, Daniel E. Kenney of Glens Falls, Kristen Majkut (Robert) of Albany, Katherine Kenney of Queensbury, and Heather Hamell (Eric) of Queensbury; sixteen great grandchildren; also several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
There will be no calling hours.
Burial will take place at Pine View Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 7, 2012. A procession will depart from the Maynard D. Baker Funeral Home on Lafayette Street at 9:45 a.m.
A memorial Mass will be held at a later date in July.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of a donation, in loving memory of Grace, to The Charles R. Wood Cancer Center at Glens Falls Hospital, 100 Park Street, Glens Falls, New York 12801.
The family would like to express their thanks for the excellent care and love Grace was shown by her caregivers, Nancy Corbett, Gwen Murphy and Toni Varnum.
Condolences may be mailed to Maynard D. Baker Funeral Home, 11 Lafayette St., Queensbury, NY 12804, or e-mailed through www.bakerfuneralhome.com.
"SHE LOVED DAISIES"