Frances Virginia McNenny

Frances Virginia (Morrissette) McNenny 86, Lincoln, formerly of Beatrice, passed away Thursday morning (3/19/09) at the Ashland Care Center. She was born on February 20, 1923 in Durham N.C. to Howard and Essie (Chandler) Morrissette, She and her family moved to Hot Springs, Ark. as a young girl, where she graduated from Hot Springs High School. She and George McNenny were married on Feb 8, 1945 in Hot Springs, and then moved to Beatrice with her family in 1961. Their custom designed home on Belvedere Drive was well known as the site of many entertainment events, and was a showcase of her decorating talents. She moved again to Lincoln in 1999 after the death of her beloved husband. Gregarious and always cheerful, she enjoyed her many community activities, including Lincoln Symphony Guild, Nebraska Art Assn., Community Players, and the Red Hat Society. She was an active member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lincoln and former member of the Christ Church Episcopal in Beatrice. Especially proud of her Southern heritage, she also was active in DAR, Colonial Dames, and the Huguenot Society. She also volunteered her considerable talents and energy to Beatrice Community Hospital, Meals on Wheels, and became a docent at the Sheldon Art Gallery. She somehow found the time to self-publish a number of books on her overseas travels she so much enjoyed with her husband, as well as a book on her family's genealogy, and one on their life together.
Survivors include her son, Howard McNenny and wife, Dianne, Albany, Calif.; granddaughters, Katherine and Rosemary; great granddaughter, Jordan Rose; and daughter-in-law, Nada McNenny, Lincoln. She was preceded in death by husband, George (1998); son, Kevin Patrick McNenny; and brother, Doug Morrissette.
Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday (3/23/09) at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2110 Sheridan Street, Lincoln, with Reverend Ellen Davis officiating. Inurnment of ashes will be at a later date at the Evergreen Home Cemetery in Beatrice. There will be no visitation as cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Odyssey Hospice with the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lincoln in charge. Online messages of condolence may be left at www.griffithshovendick.com. The Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel in Beatrice has been entrusted with these services.