Obituary: Dartha Jo “Dot” Kennedy
Published 7:05 pm Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Dartha Jo “Dot” Kennedy
KENNEDY, Mrs. Dartha Jo “Dot”, age 73, a resident of Luverne, died Thursday, July 11, 2013. Funeral services were held at 11 AM on Saturday, July 13, 2013 from Turner Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop Michael B. Simmons officiating. Interment followed in Emmaus Cemetery with Turner Funeral Home of Luverne directing. A private Requiem Mass for the family was then conducted at the Alpha and Omega Church in Luverne. Mrs. Kennedy is preceded in death by her parents, Elder Paul & Guyzell Rhodes. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Jerry A. Kennedy; two children, Derek Kennedy and Gail Kennedy; two sisters, Sandra Rhodes Stagner and Rhonda Rhodes (Ray) Cook; her brother, James “Jim” Paul (Susan) Rhodes; her aunt, Annette Moseley; and a host of loving nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers were Paul Stagner, Frank Stagner, Joey Cook, Heath Cook, Kris Blackmon, Brent Kennedy, Cameron Yates, Mike Daniels, and Russ Kennedy.