CHARLES F. KENNEY

KENNEY, Charles F. Suddenly in Washington DC of Jamaica Plain August 20, 2012. Devoted son of Anne Detmer and Charles C. Kenney of Jamaica Plain. Brother of Elizabeth, who is a senior at Parsons The New School where she majors in graphic design. Loving boyfriend of Charlotte Rizzi of Bethesda, MD. He is also survived by many family and friends at Belmont Hill School, Brown University, the United States Marine Corps and beyond. Charlie served as a ground intelligence officer with the 7th Regiment of the First Marine Division scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan in September. He was considered an outstanding Marine officer by his fellow Marines of all ranks. Charlie graduated from the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School during the summer prior to his senior year in college. Since commissioning in the Marine Corps in June 2010, Charlie completed a variety of USMC training programs including: The Basic School at Quantico; The Infantry Officer's Course at Quantico; The Scout Sniper Unit leaders Course at Quantico; USMC Ground Intelligence Officer Course at Dam Neck, VA; Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape Course at Coronado CA; and, just weeks ago, the Bomb School at Los Alamos, New Mexico. His current base was Twenty-Nine Palms CA. Ken Martin, Charlie's varsity hockey coach at Belmont Hill described Charlie as ``a coach's dream and the ultimate teammate.'' Lars Tiffany, the head men's lacrosse coach at Brown University where Charlie played for four years, described Charlie as a Brown ``lacrosse stalwart Charlie was a Captain for Brown Lacrosse and on the lacrosse field he was our primary Faceoff Man and played Defensive Midfield. He was an incredible man who truly led his friends and teammates.'' At Brown Charlie studied international economic development. One summer he traveled to Vietnam through a Harvard Kennedy School of Government program to study aspects of the Vietnamese economy and educational system. Funeral Mass in St. Ignatius Church 28 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill Friday at 11 am. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Interment Private. Late Graduate of Belmont Hill School and Brown University. In lieu of flowers donations in memory of Charlie may be made to the Belmont Hill School 350 Prospect St Belmont, MA 02478 or to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation 909 N. Washington Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314. For directions and guest book please visit www.lehmanreen.com Lehman Reen & McNamara Funeral Home Brighton617 782 1000