Mary M. Kenney ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: GT5M-B63.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Shenandoah Evening Herald, 9 Apr 1931, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹ WEDDED IN ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, GIRARDVILLE
Miss Mary Kenney Became the Bride of Francis Colihan.
One of the season's prettiest weddings took place in St. Joseph's church, Girardville, Monday morning, when Miss Mary Kenney became the bride of Francis Colihan. The ceremony took place at nine o'clock and was performed by the Rev. Joseph Kane, The ceremony was performed before one of the largest crowds ever to witness a wedding in the Girardville church. Miss Kenney is the daughter of Mr. Mrs. John Kenney, of Beech street, and is well known in and about Girardville. The bridegroom, Francis Colihan, is the son of William Colihan, of Mahanoy Plane.
Both enjoy a large circle of friends. The bride was attended by Miss Helen Cox, of Girardville, while the bridegroom's interests were cared for by George Workman, also of Girardville. After the ceremony the bridal party returned to the home of the bride where a delicious. wedding breakfast was served and a reception given the couple by their friends and relatives. After the reception the bridal party left for an extended tour of New York State.
Among out-of-town people who attended the wedding and reception were: Mrs. Harry Lawrence, Mrs. Joseph Miller, and Miss Kathryn Kenney, of New York. Mrs. Mary Burke, Mrs. Michael Mutler, and Miss Margaret Collins, Philadelphia. Mrs. John Casey, of William Colihan, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kelly and Miss Mary Kerbe, of Mahanoy Plane.

2. Fact: On her marriage application Rosemary states her name is Rosemary Kenney but states her father was Francis Collihan born Mahanoy Plane, mother Mary Kenny born Girardville, both living in 1949 in Mahanoy Plane, PA, 4 Jun 1949, Mahanoy Plane, Schuylkill, PA. ⁶

3. Obituary: Pottsville Republican on 20 Mar 1981 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. ⁷ Mrs. Mary (Kenney) Colihan, Main Street, Mahanoy Plane, died Thursday morning at her home. A daughter of the late John and Margaret (Barrett) Kenney, she was a member of Holy Rosary Church, Mahanoy Plane. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, in 1957. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Rosemary Rizzardi, Girardville, Mrs. William Walsh, Frackville, and Mrs. John Sedor, Mahanoy Plane, with whom she resided; 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held Monday from John M. Cooke Funeral Home, Girardville.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Holy Rosary Church. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Frackville.

Mary married Francis Exavier Collihan on 6 Apr 1931 in Girardville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States.¹ (Francis Exavier Collihan was born on 24 Nov 1906 in Mahanoy Plane, Schuylkill, PA,^{4 6 8} died on 8 Jun 1957 in Gilberton, Schuylkill, PA ^{4 8} and was buried on 12 Jun 1957 in Frackville, Schuylkill, PA ^{4 8}.)