Joseph Donald Kinnane, age 91, passed away on Sunday January 8, 2017 at his home in Gilbert AZ. Joseph was the oldest child of the late Charles and Mary Leahy Kinnane. He was born in Providence RI on Columbus Day in 1925 and was raised in Seekonk, MA. He attended East Providence High School until joining the US Navy in 1943. He served on a hospital ship, the USS Refuge in both the Atlantic and the Pacific until the close of World War II. Upon his discharge he returned to high school, graduating in 1947. After high school he attended Edgewater Junior College in Barrington RI completing an Associate Degree in Business. In 1950 he joined the US Army and was stationed stateside in South Carolina during the Korean Conflict.
In 1955 Joe moved to Enfield CT with his young family working for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and Combustion Engineering. He spent many years in night school pursuing his dream to become and engineer, eventually graduating from Hartford State Technical College with an Associate Degree in Mechanical Engineering and from Western New England College with Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering. Joe was an active member of Toastmasters for many years and enjoyed the competition. He retired from Combustion Engineering in 1985 and lived for several years in the Pacific Northwest before moving to Arizona.
Joe is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Gloria Hale Kinnane of Gilbert AZ with whom he enjoyed dancing and traveling. He is also survived by his children and their spouses, Cathy and the Hon. Robert Vacchelli of CT, Lynda Kinnane and Dr. Thomas Kaluzynski of Burnsville NC, Patti Robinson of Salem MA, Christopher Kinnane and Constance Wannamaker of El Paso TX, stepsons Raymond Feeney and wife Tina of Gilbert AZ, and Thomas Feeney of TN. He leaves six grandchildren Brandon Vacchelli, Andrew and Clare Kaluzynski, Carly and Lauren Robinson and Benjamin Kinnane.
Joe was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Kinnane and a sister Clare Kinnane. Six nephews and nieces also survive, Charles Kinnane, Jean Chapman, Patrick Kinnane, Richard Kinnane, Colleen Charette and Margaret Chemelowski.
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