Jean Kennedy was the oldest child of Mildred (Hill) and Almet Kennedy.
As a child, she was good-natured and talented at playing piano and the organ. In 1937, while driving home from a church choir practice in Kirkpatrick, Ohio, Jean was driving the family car home when she took the first part of an S curve in the road that led to her house. The tires began to skid on the gravel and Jean overcorrected the wheel causing the car to skid and roll. Jean was ejected through the wood and canvas passenger compartment and was thrown onto a fence post, severing her spine. Her two sisters, who had not been thrown, attended to her injury, while the youngest sister was thought to be in shock. Her injuries were internal, and Mary Joan (pronounce Mary Joanne) died that afternoon from a ruptured spleen. Sister Lucille survived thanks to quick thinking. Jean spent the remainder of her life in a wheelchair, but her parents ensured she had every opportunity to travel, attend college, and attend weekly church services. They built a house for the family that would allow Jean to be transported room by room, and the house included a dock so you could easily be moved into transport vehicles. Her personality remained positive, taking each day as it came.
As a child, she was good-natured and talented at playing piano and the organ. In 1937, while driving home from a church choir practice in Kirkpatrick, Ohio, Jean was driving the family car home when she took the first part of an S curve in the road that led to her house. The tires began to skid on the gravel and Jean overcorrected the wheel causing the car to skid and roll. Jean was ejected through the wood and canvas passenger compartment and was thrown onto a fence post, severing her spine. Her two sisters, who had not been thrown, attended to her injury, while the youngest sister was thought to be in shock. Her injuries were internal, and Mary Joan (pronounce Mary Joanne) died that afternoon from a ruptured spleen. Sister Lucille survived thanks to quick thinking. Jean spent the remainder of her life in a wheelchair, but her parents ensured she had every opportunity to travel, attend college, and attend weekly church services. They built a house for the family that would allow Jean to be transported room by room, and the house included a dock so you could easily be moved into transport vehicles. Her personality remained positive, taking each day as it came.
Jean Kennedy was the oldest child of Mildred (Hill) and Almet Kennedy.
As a child, she was good-natured and talented at playing piano and the organ. In 1937, while driving home from a church choir practice in Kirkpatrick, Ohio, Jean was driving the family car home when she took the first part of an S curve in the road that led to her house. The tires began to skid on the gravel and Jean overcorrected the wheel causing the car to skid and roll. Jean was ejected through the wood and canvas passenger compartment and was thrown onto a fence post, severing her spine. Her two sisters, who had not been thrown, attended to her injury, while the youngest sister was thought to be in shock. Her injuries were internal, and Mary Joan (pronounce Mary Joanne) died that afternoon from a ruptured spleen. Sister Lucille survived thanks to quick thinking. Jean spent the remainder of her life in a wheelchair, but her parents ensured she had every opportunity to travel, attend college, and attend weekly church services. They built a house for the family that would allow Jean to be transported room by room, and the house included a dock so you could easily be moved into transport vehicles. Her personality remained positive, taking each day as it came.
As a child, she was good-natured and talented at playing piano and the organ. In 1937, while driving home from a church choir practice in Kirkpatrick, Ohio, Jean was driving the family car home when she took the first part of an S curve in the road that led to her house. The tires began to skid on the gravel and Jean overcorrected the wheel causing the car to skid and roll. Jean was ejected through the wood and canvas passenger compartment and was thrown onto a fence post, severing her spine. Her two sisters, who had not been thrown, attended to her injury, while the youngest sister was thought to be in shock. Her injuries were internal, and Mary Joan (pronounce Mary Joanne) died that afternoon from a ruptured spleen. Sister Lucille survived thanks to quick thinking. Jean spent the remainder of her life in a wheelchair, but her parents ensured she had every opportunity to travel, attend college, and attend weekly church services. They built a house for the family that would allow Jean to be transported room by room, and the house included a dock so you could easily be moved into transport vehicles. Her personality remained positive, taking each day as it came.
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