Obituary photo of Colin Kennedy%2c+Jr., Junction City-KS
In Loving Memory of

Colin Alexander "Coke" Kennedy, Jr.

1946 - 2023
Obituary photo of Colin Kennedy%2c+Jr., Junction City-KS
In Loving Memory of

Colin Alexander "Coke" Kennedy, Jr.

1946 - 2023

Services & Gatherings

Services & Gatherings

Visitation:
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Johnson Cremations, Funerals & Receptions
203 North Washington
Junction City, KS  66441
785-762-3131
Service:
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 10:00am
Junction City Church of the Nazarene (JCNaz)
Interment:
Humboldt Cemetery

Interment:
Humboldt Cemetery
SMSgt (RET) Colin Alexander "Coke" Kennedy Jr., 76, of Junction City, Kansas passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. A visitation will take place from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at Johnson Funeral Home. A celebration of life service will take place at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at the Junction City Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Mark Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow at the Lower Humboldt Cemetery in rural eastern Geary County. Memorial contributions are suggested to be given to the Junction City Church of the Nazarene or Gideon's International.

Colin was born November 13, 1946, in Casper, Wyoming, the son of Colin A. and Mary Jean (Hathaway) Kennedy, Sr.

Colin graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming with the class of 1965. He served in the United States Air Force retiring in 1988 as a Senior Master Sergeant. He later worked as a civil servant at Fort Riley. He was a member of the Junction City Church of the Nazarene. Colin was instrumental in the early stages of planning to establish a Nazarene Church in Dwight, Kansas. At the time of his death, he was in the process of completing his ordination.

On August 26, 1989, he married Barbara. They would have celebrated thirty-four years of marriage in August of this year.

Survivors include his wife Barbara of Junction City, Kansas; three sons, Steven Kennedy and his wife Jill of Jacksonville, Florida, Michael Kennedy of Winfield, Kansas and Rodney Kennedy of Minneapolis, Minnesota; one daughter, Debora Delaney and her husband David Schnitzer of Bridgewater, New Jersey; one step-son, James Cooke and his wife Rhonda of Shawnee, Kansas; one step-daughter, Jennifer Terry and her husband Anthony of Morrow, Ohio; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; his mother, Mary Jean Hathaway of Junction City, Kansas; one brother, Hal Kennedy of Shoreline, Washington; four step-brothers and one step-sister.

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SMSgt (RET) Colin Alexander "Coke" Kennedy Jr., 76, of Junction City, Kansas passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. A visitation will take place from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at Johnson Funeral Home. A celebration of life service will take place at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at the Junction City Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Mark Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow at the Lower Humboldt Cemetery in rural eastern Geary County. Memorial contributions are suggested to be given to the Junction City Church of the Nazarene or Gideon's International.

Colin was born November 13, 1946, in Casper, Wyoming, the son of Colin A. and Mary Jean (Hathaway) Kennedy, Sr.

Colin graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming with the class of 1965. He served in the United States Air Force retiring in 1988 as a Senior Master Sergeant. He later worked as a civil servant at Fort Riley. He was a member of the Junction City Church of the Nazarene. Colin was instrumental in the early stages of planning to establish a Nazarene Church in Dwight, Kansas. At the time of his death, he was in the process of completing his ordination.

On August 26, 1989, he married Barbara. They would have celebrated thirty-four years of marriage in August of this year.

Survivors include his wife Barbara of Junction City, Kansas; three sons, Steven Kennedy and his wife Jill of Jacksonville, Florida, Michael Kennedy of Winfield, Kansas and Rodney Kennedy of Minneapolis, Minnesota; one daughter, Debora Delaney and her husband David Schnitzer of Bridgewater, New Jersey; one step-son, James Cooke and his wife Rhonda of Shawnee, Kansas; one step-daughter, Jennifer Terry and her husband Anthony of Morrow, Ohio; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; his mother, Mary Jean Hathaway of Junction City, Kansas; one brother, Hal Kennedy of Shoreline, Washington; four step-brothers and one step-sister.

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Services & Gatherings

Services & Gatherings

Visitation:
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Johnson Cremations, Funerals & Receptions
203 North Washington
Junction City, KS  66441
785-762-3131
Service:
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 10:00am
Junction City Church of the Nazarene (JCNaz)
Interment:
Humboldt Cemetery

Interment:
Humboldt Cemetery

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