Bess Kennedy

April 1, 1925 - February 12, 2021

Bess Kennedy, her husband Jack and four children, moved to Downey in August 1964.

Besides being a wife and mother, she worked at Miller’s Mens Store in Stonewood, and the Downey City Library. She also volunteered for Meals on Wheels, the OLPH Sandwich Program benefiting the homeless, and was a volunteer at Kaiser Hospital. She was a member of the Downey Bridge Club, where she became a Life Master.

She is survived by two children, Lorry and Patrick, and son-in-law Stephen Mather; four grandchildren, Rick Wilmot, Ian Parks, Michael Parks and Andrew Parks; and two great-grandchildren, Sully and Spencer Wilmot. We will all miss her.