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           Edward McKenna  

Edward McKenna was the son of Margaret Tinneny and Edward McKenna.  He was born in the McKenna home at 120 Ripka Street in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia on November 26, 1909.  Edward was baptized in Holy Family Church and attended Holy Family Church and School.  As a child he had a severe case of rheumatic fever.   

When he was a young man Edward went to work at the Hamilton Paper Mill in Miquon, which is located at the northwestern edge of Philadelphia along the Schuylkill River.  It was while working at Hamilton’s that Edward met his future wife, Edna Helen Westerman who was also working at the mill.  Edna was the daughter of John Holden and Edna Westerman. Edna was born on October 14, 1914 in the little town of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, which is just outside Philadelphia. 

Edward had done a lot of cartoon drawing and some sign painting in addition to working at the mill.  His son Dick remembered in 1998 that his father’s remaining drawings were an inspiration to him and his brother Ed who themselves did a lot of drawing and painting throughout their lives.  

In 1939, Edward, his wife Edna and their three young children, Edward, Richard and Charles were living with his parents at their home at 124 Ripka Avenue, in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia. Edward suffered from a heart condition, probably rheumatic fever, from the time he was a little child. The heart condition and a bout with pneumonia proved too much for him to withstand and he died just before Christmas, on December 20, 1939.  His obituary in the local newspaper, The Manayunk review, December 27 read:

“McKenna – Dec 20 Edward F. of 124 Ripka Ave. Solemn Requiem Mass at Church of The Holy Family last Saturday.” 

In 1949, Edna married Benjamin Bremer.  Benjamin, Edna and the children moved to Baltimore, Maryland where Benjamin helped Edna raise the children and the couple had a child of their own, Maryanne Bremer.  Benjamin died in 1972 and Edna died on November 2, 1996.

Note Edward had no descendants. 



 

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