Jeremiah P. Kennelly

After 90 remarkable years, Jeremiah passed away peacefully under the care of the wonderful nurses and staff at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester. Despite his heroic fight and the efforts of a caring medical team, it was not enough to overcome his neurological ailments and injuries.

Jeremiah's unique and colorful personality led him to a rewarding life that was unconventional yet, in some ways, conventional. He often said his greatest accomplishment was the family he started with his wife Josephine. He was incredibly proud of his four daughters, two sons, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren which will always be the legacy he shares with Josephine.

However, Jeremiah was so much more than a loving father and grandfather; he had many fond memories and extraordinary experiences he always enjoyed sharing with his children and grandchildren. He was a proud member of Mensa, a professional photographer, a soldier in the Army during the Korean War where he proudly served in an almost entirely black unit, just after President Truman's recent integration of the armed forces. Over the past few decades Jeremiah sincerely appreciated, and boasted regularly about the care he received from the Veteran's Administration in Manchester.

Jeremiah considered almost everyone he met a friend, but he held many cherished memories of his best friend, Arthur Robson. With a gift for insight and creative thinking, he loved initiating and engaging in conversation with anyone, anywhere. It only took a few minutes to realize that Jeremiah really cared about what you had to say.

He was truly proud of The Ash Street Group, the photography club that he founded in 2010 at the Hooksett, NH Library where some of his work is still on display. A proficient database developer, he was compiling data for businesses before most people had ever knew what this meant. A thinking man who always had something to say, Jeremiah was an outstanding public speaker, amateur comedian, and promoter of liberal and progressive ideas. His intelligence was obvious to everyone.

Jeremiah loved his second-wife of over 25 years, Mary, as well as her son, Tim Lynch. In addition to being a loving and caring husband, he also provided invaluable guidance as a loving father to Tim and his wife Gail, both of whom lost their fathers at a young age.

Jeremiah always made people smile, leaving positive impressions on those he met, and the impressions he has left on his friends and family will never be forgotten. It should also be said that Jeremiah loved his apartment and neighbors at Regency West where he spent the last 20 years of his life and where he was often found playing rounds of poker. And while most would agree that he was a mediocre card player, Jeremiah most certainly finished his last hand coming out ahead.

He is survived by Geraldine Ivers and her husband Bill, Karen Duffy and her husband James, Keith Kennelly and his wife Laurie, Kim Lamontagne and her husband Sylvain, Mary Bezeredy and Kevin Kennelly and his wife Tammy, Tim Lynch and his Wife Gail,15 Grandchildren and 8 Great Grandchildren.

A private family ceremony will take place at a later date.