He was born in Hume, Missouri on July 14, 1937 to Verl and Ruby (Wakefield) Henne. He graduated from Hume High School and briefly attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. He married Sharon Thompson in 1962 and to this union was born 2 sons, Ryan L. Henne and Brett T. Henne. In 1965, Kenney purchased a commercial lawn and garden equipment company and established Henne Distributing Company. That company later included an ice plant and, after selling both of those products, became a used car lot specializing in work vans and pickup trucks.
Kenney and several other neighborhood fathers took their sons to Canada on fishing trips for several years and enjoyed many wonderful memories of those trips. He also coached his sons' Little League basketball teams. His passion was antique cars and he especially enjoyed going to car shows and swap meets. He and a good friend were among the early "pickers" and they traveled through several states looking for antique car parts that they later sold at these swap meets. Kenney and Sharon enjoyed traveling. A highlight of those travels included locating and visiting the Henne ancestral home in Germany and meeting a cousin.
Kenney was preceded in death by his parents and by his son Brett. He is survived by his wife, Sharon, his son Ryan (Pauline), granddaughters Michaela Ann and Catherine Mae, a sister Joy (Don) Flanner, many cousins, a nephew and niece, brother-in-law Raymond (Joyce) Thompson and many, many friends.
A Visitation will be held from 5:00pm to 8:00pm on Wednesday, August 8 at Mt. Moriah, Newcomer & Freeman Funeral Home, 10507 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131. Funeral services will take place at 11:00am at the funeral home on Thursday, August 9th.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hume, Missouri Cemetery Association, c/o Security Bank, 9344 SW 2nd Street, Hume, Missouri 64752 or Heifer Project International, 1 World Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202.
