Ross Taylor Kennedy was my paternal grandfather. Ross was a quiet man with a dry sense of humor and could immediately hush an entire room when he decided to speak.
Ross's family moved to Condon, Oregon where he met his future wife, Mary Agnes Palmer and they married on August 4, 1917. Ross and Agnes both graduated from the Condon High School.
After marrying, Ross and Agnes settled in Pendleton and Ross became an automobile mechanic. Their son James Ray was born in 1921. By 1930 they were still in Pendleton and Ross was working as a bookkeeper in an electric store.
Ross served in the US Army very briefly between 1918 and 1919.
In 1933 Ross, Agnes and Ray moved to Tacoma, Washington where Ross continued work as an automobile mechanic. Ross was also a 20 year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Ross and Agnes bought the Tropic's Tavern on Commercial Street in downtown Tacoma in the early 1950's and ran that for several years. Most of their cliental was young solders from Ft. Lewis and regulars that were longshoremen.
Ross, Agnes and their son Ray decided to open a cabinet shop and they also built houses. Ross became an exceptional cabinet maker and their business was good. In 1958 Ray moved his family to Oak Harbor, Washington on Whidbey Island and the next year Ross and Agnes moved there as well. They built and opened the Whidbey Island Cabinet and Fixture Shop on Midway Blvd. in Oak Harbor and successfully operated that until Ross's death in 1966 from cancer.
Ross's death devastated the family and his memory lives on in my brother and I. He was a good man with many talents.
Ross's family moved to Condon, Oregon where he met his future wife, Mary Agnes Palmer and they married on August 4, 1917. Ross and Agnes both graduated from the Condon High School.
After marrying, Ross and Agnes settled in Pendleton and Ross became an automobile mechanic. Their son James Ray was born in 1921. By 1930 they were still in Pendleton and Ross was working as a bookkeeper in an electric store.
Ross served in the US Army very briefly between 1918 and 1919.
In 1933 Ross, Agnes and Ray moved to Tacoma, Washington where Ross continued work as an automobile mechanic. Ross was also a 20 year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Ross and Agnes bought the Tropic's Tavern on Commercial Street in downtown Tacoma in the early 1950's and ran that for several years. Most of their cliental was young solders from Ft. Lewis and regulars that were longshoremen.
Ross, Agnes and their son Ray decided to open a cabinet shop and they also built houses. Ross became an exceptional cabinet maker and their business was good. In 1958 Ray moved his family to Oak Harbor, Washington on Whidbey Island and the next year Ross and Agnes moved there as well. They built and opened the Whidbey Island Cabinet and Fixture Shop on Midway Blvd. in Oak Harbor and successfully operated that until Ross's death in 1966 from cancer.
Ross's death devastated the family and his memory lives on in my brother and I. He was a good man with many talents.
Ross Taylor Kennedy was my paternal grandfather. Ross was a quiet man with a dry sense of humor and could immediately hush an entire room when he decided to speak.
Ross's family moved to Condon, Oregon where he met his future wife, Mary Agnes Palmer and they married on August 4, 1917. Ross and Agnes both graduated from the Condon High School.
After marrying, Ross and Agnes settled in Pendleton and Ross became an automobile mechanic. Their son James Ray was born in 1921. By 1930 they were still in Pendleton and Ross was working as a bookkeeper in an electric store.
Ross served in the US Army very briefly between 1918 and 1919.
In 1933 Ross, Agnes and Ray moved to Tacoma, Washington where Ross continued work as an automobile mechanic. Ross was also a 20 year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Ross and Agnes bought the Tropic's Tavern on Commercial Street in downtown Tacoma in the early 1950's and ran that for several years. Most of their cliental was young solders from Ft. Lewis and regulars that were longshoremen.
Ross, Agnes and their son Ray decided to open a cabinet shop and they also built houses. Ross became an exceptional cabinet maker and their business was good. In 1958 Ray moved his family to Oak Harbor, Washington on Whidbey Island and the next year Ross and Agnes moved there as well. They built and opened the Whidbey Island Cabinet and Fixture Shop on Midway Blvd. in Oak Harbor and successfully operated that until Ross's death in 1966 from cancer.
Ross's death devastated the family and his memory lives on in my brother and I. He was a good man with many talents.
Ross's family moved to Condon, Oregon where he met his future wife, Mary Agnes Palmer and they married on August 4, 1917. Ross and Agnes both graduated from the Condon High School.
After marrying, Ross and Agnes settled in Pendleton and Ross became an automobile mechanic. Their son James Ray was born in 1921. By 1930 they were still in Pendleton and Ross was working as a bookkeeper in an electric store.
Ross served in the US Army very briefly between 1918 and 1919.
In 1933 Ross, Agnes and Ray moved to Tacoma, Washington where Ross continued work as an automobile mechanic. Ross was also a 20 year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Ross and Agnes bought the Tropic's Tavern on Commercial Street in downtown Tacoma in the early 1950's and ran that for several years. Most of their cliental was young solders from Ft. Lewis and regulars that were longshoremen.
Ross, Agnes and their son Ray decided to open a cabinet shop and they also built houses. Ross became an exceptional cabinet maker and their business was good. In 1958 Ray moved his family to Oak Harbor, Washington on Whidbey Island and the next year Ross and Agnes moved there as well. They built and opened the Whidbey Island Cabinet and Fixture Shop on Midway Blvd. in Oak Harbor and successfully operated that until Ross's death in 1966 from cancer.
Ross's death devastated the family and his memory lives on in my brother and I. He was a good man with many talents.
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