Walter C. Kennedy, 89, of Ramona, CA, died on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 after a short illness. Walter was born on March 28, 1933 in Lexington, OK to Lonnie and Edith Kennedy. He was the seventh of nine children with four brothers and four sisters. He is a US Army Korean War veteran and served in Guantanamo, Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis with the US Navy Reserve. He worked in the US Civil Service for the Naval Air Engineering Center at Lakehurst, NJ and San Diego, CA for 33 years before retiring in 1988.
He was predeceased by his wife of 51 years, Greta, in 2004, his son, Walter Jr, in 1962, and his 8 siblings, Myrtle, Dorothy, Glenn, Alwilda, Emory, Lois, Clifford and Donald.
Walter is survived by two sons and a daughter Lonnie and Susan Kennedy of Long Branch, NJ, Daniel and Marie Hughes of Fremont, CA, and Lori and Jeremy Hansen of San Diego, CA. He has 10 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at Holy Trinity Church in Long Branch on Saturday, March 4, at 10:00 AM.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a Memorial Gift to the
American Heart Association (https://www.heart.org).