Obituary of Kenneth Max Kinney

SEARSPORT - Kenneth M. Kinney, 63, born on February 11, 1952 in the Old Belfast Hospital, went to be with the Lord on August 27, 2015. He graduated from Searsport High School in 1971. He played the spoons and the trombone and was in the Boy Scouts. He worked at Mary's Restaurant and at Al Rose Market in Searsport. He worked on the tug boats in Belfast and became Engineer on a tug boat in New York. He then came back here to help his father run Kinney's Construction. His first experience with equipment was a Tonka dump truck and a backhoe. He was an expert in running the equipment. He drove a farm tractor when he was eight years old, and as a teen he delivered the Bangor Daily Newspaper. One winter he had to plow his way to his customers and plowed driveways on the way. Ken was predeceased by his father, Max G. Kinney. He is survived by his mother, Iva E. Kinney; four children: Diana Herbert and husband Scott, Kenneth C. Kinney and wife Angel, Shawn Kinney and wife Mary Joe, Travis Kinney and wife Nicole; seven grand-children; step-children, Ron and Lucas Small; sisters: Deloris Merithew and husband Tony, Kathreen Ward and husband Douglas, Barbara White and husband Timothy; brothers: Alan Kinney and wife Theresa, Max R. Kinney and wife Linda. He also leaves behind friends: Terry Cook, Jr., Wayne Hamilton, Winston York, Alan & Chad Armstrong, Marty Young, and his aviation buddies: Rex Kelly, Ray Rodgers and others that flew model airplanes at the Red Neck Aviation Field. Ken was loved by aunts and uncles Clinton and Margaret Kinney, David and Doris Kinney and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Camp Fair Haven, 81 West Haven Lane, Brooks, ME 04921-9634. Family and friends are invited to pay their respects from 4:00-6:00pm on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Riposta Funeral Home, 182 Waldo Avenue, Belfast. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, September 3, 2015 at the Faith Temple Church on Route 52. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.ripostafh.com. Wednesday, September 2, 2015 from 4-6 pm at Riposta Funeral Home Belfast, Me. Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 11 am at Faith Temple Church of God Lincolnville Ave. Belfast, Me.