Dolly O'Neil

O'Neil, Dolly Kenyon Mae Lucretia "Dolly" Rasmussen Kenyon O'Neil, a life-long resident of Minneapolis, was born May 20, 1926 & died October 22, 2010. Dolly was a skilled seamstress who worked for such fashionable stores as Hubert White & Dayton's. Like her mother, Dolly was an enthusiastic member of many lodges, including Mpls. No. 9, OES; Lake Harriet OES, P.M. Palestine; Daughters of the Nile & Amaranth. Dolly was a long-time volunteer "coffee lady" at the Veterans Administration hospital, always ready with a smile & cheery greeting. Preceded in death by mother, Mae Miller Rasmussen Kenyon; father, a locomotive engineer who died when Dolly was a child & adoptive father, Roy E. Kenyon, a Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern railroad dispatcher. Dolly is survived by cousins, Audrey Swanson & Catherine Hensley & their children; close friend, Audrey Hansen & many friends from lodges, neighborhood & VA, especially John & Gayle Acker & Aaron Porter; & her dog, Angel. Visitation will be Wed, Nov 3 from 5 to 7 pm at Washburn- McReavy Chapel, 5000 West 50th & Highway 100, Edina, MN 55436, 952-920-3996 followed with an Eastern Star Service at 7 pm. There will NOT be graveside rites; private burial will be later at Acacia Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials preferred to Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota; Shriners Hospitals for Children or Animal Humane Society of Golden Valley, MN