KENNEDY, Joseph Herbert
Peacefully at Georgetown Hospital on May 5th in his 99th year. He is survived by his loving wife Peggy Sheila Kennedy (nee Reeve) with whom he was married for 72 wonderful years, his son Brian Kennedy and wife Lynn, his daughter Janet Mavor and husband Leslie, his grandchildren Beth McLay (Rusty), Doug Kennedy (Sonja), Sarah Fraser (James), Christie Ferguson (Steve), and Robert Thomson, as well as his great grandchildren Katie, Joey, Livia, Liam, Ben, Abby, Cayden and Kailey. Joseph and his predeceased sisters Mildred and Gladys were born and raised in Wheatley, Ontario. Following several teaching positions, his graduation from the University of Western Ontario, a period as a school principal and many enjoyable years as a school inspector in the northern Ontario communities of Timmins, Kirkland Lake and Huntsville, he joined the Department of Education at Queen's Park. This was followed by another promotion to Regional Superintendent centred in North Bay where his responsibilities included all school systems from kindergarten to grade 13 in the North Eastern area of the Province. He was honoured to have a new school in Matheson named after him. He was also pleased to contribute in its formative years to Nipissing University in North Bay where he served on its first Board of Governors. In retirement years (38 of them) Joe and Peggy spent some of their best times at their cottage on Eagle Lake in the Sundridge and South River areas of Parry Sound District. He will be remembered for many things...his integrity, reliability, honesty, sense of humour, love of his family and more than anything else... he was a gentleman. The family would like to thank Christoff and Ursula Sommer the owners of their excellent Mountainview Retirement Home in Georgetown and their fine staff members. The family also would like to acknowledge the compassion and care of Dr. J.P. Van Bendegem, nurse Lynn Harmer of Mountainview, the care givers in the palliative care unit at Georgetown Hospital as well as the nursing staff members of Compassionate Care. A memorial service will be conducted at the Jones Funeral Home at 11582 Trafalgar Road, Georgetown, Ontario 905-877-3631 on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. A reception will follow. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, a donation to CNIB, Georgetown Hospital, the Cancer Assistance Services of Halton Hills or a charity of your choice would be appreciated. To send expressions of sympathy visit