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Helen Kennedy Bennett

Helen Kennedy Bennett

Female 1922 - 2006  (83 years)


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  • Name Helen Kennedy Bennett  [1] 
    Birth 12 Feb 1922  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Feb 2006 
    Person ID I55348  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Paul Geddes Bennett,   b. 21 Jan 1891, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1964, California, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Helen Mary Kennedy,   b. Nov 1898, Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1922, Newark, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1916  Plymouth, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thaddeus Lewis Jescavage,   b. 1 Jan 1922, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1983 (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1946 
    Children 
     1. Karen Jescavage
     2. Paula Jescavage,   b. 11 Oct 1952   d. 25 Oct 2004, New York, New York, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Janet Jescavage
     4. James B. Jescavage,   b. 28 Nov 1955   d. 20 Feb 2010 (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F19422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - February 11, 2006 Citizen's Voice, The & Sunday Voice - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Helen Kennedy Bennett February 9, 2006 - Helen Kennedy Bennett, 83, of Kells Way, Ashley, died Thursday at her home. She was born on Feb. 12, 1922, in Newark, N.J., and was raised in Wilkes-Barre. She was the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Kennedy Bennett. Helen was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1944. She was a registered nurse at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for many years and also worked at Retreat State Hospital and Coatesville TB Hospital. She was a local choir member and former member of Forty Fort Presbyterian Church. Helen volunteered her time to the Association for Retarded Citizens and was a volunteer nurse during Hurricane Agnes. She devoted herself to the care of her son, James. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thaddeus Lewis Jescavage; daughter, Paula Bennett Jescavage; brother, Richard Bennett. Surviving are daughters, Karen Jescavage-Bernard and her husband, John, Croton, N.Y.; Janet del Rosario and her husband, Bartolome, Marlboro, N.Y.; son, James Bennett Jescavage, a guest of Valley Crest Nursing Home. Private funeral services and interment will be held in Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m., at M.J. McLaughlin Co., 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Association for Retarded Citizens, 183 Market St., Suite 102, Kingston, PA 18704.

  • Sources 
    1. [S28] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).