Kern County Obituaries

Sylvia Harriet Kennedy

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Tehachapi News; 2 Jun 2004
 
Aug. 29, 1910  May 28, 2004
Funeral services will be held the week of June 1 for Sylvia Harriet Kennedy, 93, 
who passed away in Tehachapi on May 28.
Sylvia was born on Aug. 29, 1910 in Chicago, Ill. to Frank and Lillian Carpenter. 
At the age of 3, she moved to Oregon to live on a 320-acre homestead. Unable to 
make a living on the homestead, Sylvia's family moved to Glendale in the 1930s. 
In 1945, Sylvia met her husband to be, Ellsworth Kennedy. They married and a 
lifetime of missionary work followed. Their ministry began with the Papago and 
Apache Indians of Arizona, then the Maoris of New Zealand, and finally the Cocopah 
Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. Sylvia served faithfully for more than 55 years 
in the ministry.
After moving to Tehachapi to be near her son in 1996, she and her husband spent 
time ministering with the Peruvian shepherds, resulting in one of them accepting 
Christ and being baptized last year.
Sylvia is survived by her husband, Ellsworth; son, Eldwin Kennedy and wife Jan; 
grandson, Eric Kennedy; granddaughter, Tara Dahl and husband Joey; two great-
grandchildren, Hanah and Clayton Dahl; as well as many friends.
Funeral services will be held at Wood Family Funeral Service Chapel -- contact the 
mortuary for times. 
Interment will be at Valhalla Memorial Park in North

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