Kennedy, Joan Violet passed away peacefully on July 4th, 2019. Born: Violet Johannah Novak on August 1, 1922. Preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Clara, her brother Edward, and her sisters, Frances Mahlmann and Marie Holland, three of her nephews, John, Eugene, and Edward Holland, and her former husband and dear friend, Albert W. Kennedy. An amazing mother of four, Robert (Elizabeth), Maren (Freddie), Patricia (Samuel), Amy (Richard), grandmother of 11, great grandmother of 22, great-great grandmother of three, aunt, friend, and mentor. Joan has touched the lives of so many, but her greatest legacy is the love she has shared with her family and dear friends. Service: Monday, July 22, 2:00PM, Temple Israel, 2323 Fremont Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Published on July 14, 2019