Funeral for Joseph R. Tinneny, 57, husband of Elizabeth
M. (Smith) Tinneny, of 1231 Woodside drive,
Conshohocken, who died Friday in Sacred Heart Hospital,
will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday from Koller Funeral Home,
263 Hermitage St., Philadelphia. Mass of Christian
Burial will be offered in SS. Cosmas and Damian
Church, at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Calvary
Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this
evening.
Mr
tinneny was born in Manayunk, March 25, 1917, a son of
the late James and Gertrude (Spence) Tinneny. He
attended Holy Family School and was a graduate of the
former St. John the Baptist High School, class if 1935.
He was a member of Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church.
Active
in Philadelphia politics for a number of years he was a
candidate for the U. S. Senate, opposing U.S. Senator
Hugh Scott in 1958.
He was
purchasing agent for conduit and foundation Corporation,
4206 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, and was employed by the
firm for the past 20 years.
A U.S.
Army veteran, he served in World War II with the rank of
sergeant in the European Theater of Operations.
Surviving in addition to his wife are five brothers,
James, Havertown; John, Miquon; Thomas, Bruce and Donald
all of Roxborough; and three sisters, Mary, wife of
Edward Haughey, and Gertrude, wife of Vincent Gallagher,
both of Roxborough and Clare, wife of John Kelly,
Lafayette Hill. |