| Notes |
- {geni:about_me} George Washington Kenaga, Urbana, formerly of Doniphan MO, died at 2 pm November 17 at Carle Foundation Hospital at the age of 93.
Mr. Kenaga was born February 22, 1914, in Doniphan MO of Peter Paul and Elizabeth Fillman Kenaga. He married Margaret Spencer on February 17, 1940. She died on September 26, 2000, after 60 years of marriage.
Mr. Kenaga was a career Federal employee for 35 years. He was employed by the U.S. Department of State for two years and then transferred to the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board in 1939. He held several management positions there. When he retired in 1972, he was the Board’s Director of Unemployment and Sickness Insurance where he was responsible for the payment of unemployment and sickness benefits to employees in the railroad industry.
He attended the Benjamin Franklin and Northwestern Universities. He was a member of the Society for the Advancement of Management and other management associations until he retired. He was also a member of environmental organizations, including the Wilderness Society, The John Muir Society, The Environmental Defense Fund, American Rivers, and others.
Mr. Kenaga was preceded in death by his parents, 4 sisters and 2 brothers. He is survived by his daughter Barbara Selby and her husband Robert Selby, FAIA, of Champaign; his grandson Michael Selby and wife Melissa of Kent, OH; a brother Leland A. Kenaga and wife Elsie, of Dearborn Heights, MI; and 2 sisters Doris Prade of Chesterfield MO and Dorothy Ponder of Doniphan MO.
Mr. Kenaga was a member of the United Methodist Church of Doniphan MO where he was active in church affairs. He enjoyed fishing, canoeing, camping on gravel bars, and time with family and friends. In 1999 when he and his wife Maggie moved to Urbana, he learned how to use e-mail and delighted in sending news and jokes to family and friends across the United States and Canada.
Memorial services will be held at 2 pm Saturday, November 24 at the Huegy Lounge, Clark-Lindsey Village, 101 W. Windsor Road, Urbana, IL 61802, The Reverend J. Wesley Wilkey presiding.
Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church, 305 Plum Street, Doniphan MO 63935, the Friendship Fund at Clark-Lindsey Village, or to any charity of the donor’s choice.
|
1914 - 2007 (93 years)
