Malcolm C. Kenney

East Lyme - Malcolm C. Kenney, 83, of Niantic, died May 5, 2008, at Austin Gardens Assisted Living Center in Lodi, Calif.

He was born in Attleboro, Mass., the son of George H. and Jennie S. (Fernold) Kenney.

He married Virginia E. Olney in June, 1948. She predeceased him.

He is survived by a sister, Harriet Kenney, of Warwick, R.I.; sons, Russell W. of Hermosa Beach, Calif., and David W. of Lodi, Calif.; and granddaughters, Ariana and Brooke.

He was predeceased by a sister, Barbara L. Geake.

He was a 1942 graduate of Central High School in Providence where he played football, basketball, and tennis. He was a B-25 pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, flying in the China, Burma, and India areas. His awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with cluster. He graduated from Rhode Island State College in June 1949 with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a former member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Providence.

Mr. Kenney was an electrical engineer at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, where he worked on the design of systems and equipment for many submarines including the first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus. He retired in 1989 after 38 years of service. He enjoyed golf and was a member of the Black Hall Club in Old Lyme, where he was seniors champion several times.

A calling hour will be held on Monday from 9 to 10 a.m., with a funeral service at 10 a.m. at the Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home, 48 Grand St., Niantic. Burial with military honors will be in the Rhode Island Veteran's Cemetery, Exeter, R.I.

To send an online condolence, please visit Mr. Kenney's online guestbook at www.neilanfuneralhome.com.