Kennedy Jr., Stanley C.

Stanley C. Kennedy Jr. passed away March 28, 2007, in Longview, after a long 
illness.

He was born April 10, 1921, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the third generation of a 
kama'aina family. Stanley received his early education in Honolulu and 
graduated cum laude from the Choate School in 1938. He followed his prep 
school education by matriculation at Yale and graduated with a bachelor's of 
arts degree and scholastic and leadership honors.

Upon his graduation, Stanley was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and 
served more than three years on active duty in the Pacific during World War 
II. He was honorably discharged as a lieutenant commander in 1945.

Stanley returned to Hawaii to work for Hawaiian Airlines, which his father 
had founded in 1929. In 1971, he joined Continental Airlines and was elected 
vice-president ?Pacific for that company. He retired and moved to California 
with his wife, Nancy, in 1985. Stanley was active in numerous civic, 
religious and social organizations, including Boy Scouts of America, 
Aerospace Museum of Hawaii, Rotary International, Pacific Area Travel 
Association and the Bishop's committee of the Episcopal Church in Calif. and 
Hawaii. He was past president of the Skal Club of Hawaii, director of the 
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, director of the Hawaii's Visitors Bureau, an 
officer of the Visitor Industry Education Council, a director of the Coca-Cola 
Bottling Companies of Los Angeles and Honolulu, a member of the Red Cross 
Pacific Advisory Council and a director of Air Micronesia.

Stanley is survived by his wife, Nancy; sister, Patricia Scott; son, James Cox 
Kennedy of Atlanta, Ga.; daughters, Blair Parry-Okaden of Scone, Australia, 
Lani Pringle of Hillsborough, Calif., and Laura Kennedy of Boulder, Colo.; and 
seven grandchildren.

At his request, there will be no services. Interment will be in Honolulu, 
Hawaii.

Memorial donations in Stanley's honor can be made to the National Hospice 
Foundation, Office of Resource Development, Dept. 6058, Washington, D.C. 
20042.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/31/2007.