Richard E. Kennedy Jr.

Richard passed peacefully in the company of his family on 15 January 2014. His wife Karen and his daughter Margaret “Annie” of Hopkinton, NH, Daughter Mildred Kennedy-Stirling and son-in-law Eric Stirling and grandchildren Avis and Oscar of Township A Range 12, Maine, survive him.

A successful newspaper investor he was a proud husband, father and Mason, past master of Columbia-Doric Lodge #149 in Greenville, Maine and member of Harris Lodge #91 in Warner, NH as well as the General Court Lodge #1784, Concord, NH. He was a friend of Bill.

Richard served several terms in the NH legislature, was on the NH Republican State Committee and served on the New Hampshire-Canada Trade Council. While residing in Maine, Richard served as a deputy sheriff of Piscataquis County and on the Maine Republican State Committee.

His interests included gardening, Seaplane Pilots Ass., GONH, the Fight to Educate and a lifelong advocacy for individual liberties. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Salvation Army or the Columbia-Doric Lodge #149 in Greenville, Maine.

Visitation will held on Wednesday, January 22 from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00P.M. with a celebration of his life to follow at 7:00 P.M. at the Bennett Funeral Home, 3 Church Street (the brick building), Concord, NH.

A celebration of life will also be arranged this summer in Greenville, Maine.

Last night I dreamt a deadly dream: Far beyond the Isle of Skye,

I dreamed I saw a dead man die, I dreamt that man was I.

Arrangements under the direction of Bennett Funeral Home, Concord, NH.