Eugene Joseph McKenna

1921 - 2004  (83 years)

• Name	Eugene Joseph McKenna
  Birth	13 May 1921	Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Ordained	10 Jun 1947	Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  	Ordained a Josephite priest.
  Death	18 Jun 2004	St. Joseph Manor, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  	Sunpapers, June 22, 2004: On June 18, 2004 REVEREND EUGENE J. Mc KENNA, S.S.J.; beloved son of the late Loretto (nee Mc Iver) and John J. Mc Kenna; dear brother of the late William T., James L. Mc Kenna and Katherine M. Snow. A Mass of Christ the High Priest will be held at St. Joseph's Manor, 911 W. Lake Avenue, on Tuesday at 7 P.M., where a Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11 A.M. Interment New Cathedral Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday from 3 to 7 P.M. Arrangements by Leonard J. Ruck, Inc
  Burial	New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  Person ID	I3023	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John Joseph McKenna,   b. 23 Nov 1877, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 12 Sep 1949, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Loretta M McIver,   b. 29 Jan 1876, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 8 Mar 1964, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1919	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Photo - Homestead of John Joseph McKenna and his family Photo (2019) of McKenna homestead at 7 Carmen Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Census - 1940 US Census - Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
  		Census - 1930 US Census - District 0408, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Note that Loretta McIver, daughter of Charles Hugh McIver and Annie Eileen O'Brien was living with her aunt and uncle, Loretta and John McKenna. Her mother, Annie, had recently passed away.
  		Death Record - Rev. Eugene McKenna Obituary published in The Baltimore Sun on June 22, 2004.
  		Census - 1950 US Census - Wilmington, North Carolina

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone - Rev Fr Eugene Joseph McKenna Located at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Plot: JJ-285

  
  

• Notes

  Eugene McKenna was born May 13, 1921 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. At that time his father was employed by the Boston fire department. He was educated in Dorchester elementary schools and attended Boston College High School. Following graduation from high school in 1939, he entered Boston College. He completed two years at Boston College and entered the St. Josephite Society in 1941. After completing a novitiate, he entered St. Joseph Seminary in Washington in 1942 and was ordained a Josephite priest in Washington on June 10, 1947. Fr. McKenna served in active ministry from 1947 to 1996 when failing eyesight and waning health forced him to retire to St. Joseph Manor. He had numerous assignments as temporary administrator or temporary associate and his availability for emergency assignments was very valuable to his superiors. He served as pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Raywood, Texas from 1960-1964. In 1969 Fr. McKenna began a ministry in which he became highly effective. He was appointed chaplain at the Lafon Nursing Home operated by the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans. He later became the chaplain at D.C. General Hospital in Washington, D.C., a post he held until 1983. When failing eyesight made parish and hospital duties difficult, Fr. McKenna was assigned as the associate to the novice master at the Josephite Novitiate, and then located in Houston, Texas. Fr. McKenna served in that capacity from 1989 to 1996, when he formally retired to St. Joseph Manor ending an active ministry of forty-nine years. Fr. McKenna died on June 18, 2004 at St. Joseph Manor in Baltimore in his eighty-third year. He is buried In New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore. Source: Newsletter – The Josephite Harvest Contents, Vol 107, No. 3, Sept 2004 Provided by Desmond McIver