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Thursday, June 9, 2005
Kenneth
B. Canning
BURLINGTON
- Kenneth B. Canning died Saturday, June 4, 2005, following a
brief illness. He was the husband of the late Loretta (Favareau)
Canning.
He was born in Canada in 1921. His
family moved to Belmont, where he was a graduate of Belmont High
School. Mr. Canning then went on to Bryant and Stratton Business
School.
He served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II.
Mr. Canning worked with his
brother in the family's plaster business, the Canning Brothers.
The business was started by his father and uncle.
He was an avid mineralogist and
studied both locally and traveled as well. He turned his hobby
into a business and ran the "Best of Canning" for 10
years.
Mr. Canning was a member of the
Masons, and he loved to golf.
He is survived by a son, Kenneth
Canning and his wife, Donna, of North Andover; three grandsons;
and a brother, Brenton Canning of Waltham.
He was also the brother of the
late Shirley McGowan.
A funeral service was held June 7,
at the Doyle-Lane Funeral Home in Burlington. Burial was in
Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Burlington. |
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