Dorothy Wickert Hennessey

Hennessey, Dorothy Wickert 92, Homemaker, Flight Attendant, and Registered Nurse died of congestive heart failure August 17th at her home in Delray Beach, Florida. Mrs. Hennessey, a native of St. Paul, Minn., was a 1936 graduate of the Saint Joseph School of Nursing of the College of Saint Catherine. In 1939 she became the 13th Stewardess hired by Northwest Airlines where she met her husband, Newell P. Hennessey on a flight. In 1965, after 23 years as a Homemaker, she returned to Nursing and became a founding member of the Oral Surgery Department Staff of the College of Dentistry at the University of Kentucky. In 1970 she moved to Florida. She was a member of Ascension Catholic Church and lived at Tropic Bay Condominium. She was preceded in death by her husband, Newell and her son, Dr. Kevin N. Hennessey. Survivors include her son Neil of Delray Beach, FL, daughter Michele M. Hennessey of San Francisco; two grandsons, Dr. Patrick N. Hennessey of Baltimore, MD, and Brian P. Hennessey of Washington, D.C.; and daughter-in-law Margaret Freeston Hennessey of Washington, DC. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, August 25th at 10AM in the chapel at ST. JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 4030 Pilot Knob Rd., Eagan, MN 55122. Burial will follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights. In lieu of Flowers, contributions may be made in memory of the Dr. Kevin N. Hennessey Critical Care Unit, Laurel Regional Hospital Foundation, 7300 Van Dusen Road, Laurel, MD 20707. Babione Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 561-395-8787