James H. Kenney, James H. Kenney

James H. Kenney, 73, of Mountain Home, Ark., formerly of Ottumwa, died at 9:15 a.m. Sept. 11, 2009, at Pine Lane Health Care in Mountain Home, Ark.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa with Rev. George Edgerly and Rev. Randy Saylor officiating. Graveside service and burial will be 1 p.m. Friday at Cedar Memorial Cemetery in Cedar Rapids with Rev. Rick Gail officiating.

Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. today with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

Surviving is his wife, VivAnn “Vicki” of Mountain Home, Ark.; 4 children, Debra (Terry) King of Ozark, Mo., Rodney (Martha) Kenney of Ottumwa, Peggy (Tom) Collins of Altoona, IA and Bradley (Brenda) Kenney of Ottumwa; 6 grandchildren, Christopher King of Mo., Kristina (Luke) Frank of Mo., Diana (Matt) Jordan of Minn., Jeff Kenney of Ottumwa, Chelsea (Sean) Holdridge of Iowa and Pvt. Thomas Collins of Ky.; 5 great-grandchildren; 11 nieces and nephews; a sister, Helen (Clifford) Moser of Cedar Rapids.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Eileen Teufel.

He was born July 20, 1936 in Vinton, to Carl H. and Fern A. Young Kenney. He married VivAnn Young October 27, 1956 in Cedar Rapids.

A graduate of Roosevelt High School in Cedar Rapids in 1954, he worked for the Milwaukee Railroad, later retiring from the Canadian Pacific Railroad as an engineer in 1998.

He had been a resident of Ottumwa from 1972 to 2001, when he and his wife moved to Mountain Home, Ark.

He attended First Pentecostal Assembly of God in Ottumwa and Twin Lakes Baptist Church in Mountain Home, Ark. He was a member of Retired Railroad Club, Rod & Reel Fishing Club, and enjoyed fishing, boating, bowling and traveling.

Memorials may be made to Pine Lane Health Care Alzheimer's Unit.