Eunice Mary KENNEDY

1921 - 2009  (88 years)

• Name	Eunice Mary KENNEDY
  Birth	10 Jul 1921	Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Aug 2009	Cape Cod Hospital In Hyannis, MA
  Person ID	I7	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Joseph Patrick KENNEDY,   b. 6 Sep 1888, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA d. 18 Nov 1969, Hyannis Port, MA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Rose Elizabeth FITZGERALD,   b. 22 Jul 1890, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA d. 22 Jan 1995, Hyannis Port, MA (Age 104 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1914	Boston, Suffolk Co, MA
  	The ceremony took place in the private chapel connected to the, residence of Cardinal O’Connor. The bride wore a white satin gown. Following the cermony, the wedding party traveled to a reception at, the Fitzgerald home at 39 Wells Avenue.
  Photos		Extended Kennedy Family
  		Extended Kennedy Family
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Sargent SHRIVER, Jr.,   b. 9 Nov 1915, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD d. 18 Jan 2011, Bethesda, MD (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1953	New York, NY
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Sep 1997

  
  

• Photos

  Eunice Mary (Kennedy) Shriver

  
  

• Notes

  She helped in the many political campaigns of her brother, John Fitzgerald. After her mother, Eunice was considered the family’s model woman. In the early 1960’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver held a day camp at her home for people with mental retardation. She organized the First International Special Olympics Games , which were held in 1968 at Soldier Field in Chicago. More than 1,000 athletes from the US and Canada competed in track and field and aquatics. [1, 2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Harrison Raine and John Quinn., Growing Up Kennedy. [S12] .