Joseph P. Kenney 3rd, 20, Was Petty Officer in Navy

Petty Officer Joseph P. Kenney 3rd died Oct. 8 near Sigonella, Italy. He was 20 years old.

Joseph grew up in Bridgeport, Conn., and attended Jonathan Law High School, where he was graduated cum laude and was a member of the National Honor Society.

He joined the U.S. Navy immediately upon graduation. He was assigned to Naval Station Training Center in Great Lakes, Ill., to Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., to Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., and finally to Naval Air Station in Sigonella, Italy.

He was assigned to the aircraft intermediate maintenance detachment in Sigonella when he died in an accident. 

He is survived by his parents, Karen and Joseph P. Kenney Jr. of Vineyard Haven; his sister, Lauren Kenney of Bridgeport, Conn.; a niece, Jade Hernandez of Bridgeport, Conn.; his grandmother, Gertrude H. Kenney of Vineyard Haven, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Joseph will be afforded full military honors at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven at a date and time to be announced.

Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs. Visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com for online guest book and information.