Junior Kernen Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Junior Kernen (Villisca, Iowa), who passed away at the age of 90, on February 2, 2021. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Junior Kernen to show support.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Henry Kernen and Mary Kernen (Jarman); his wife Margaret McElroy; his brother Malcolm; his parents-in-law, Edward and Martha McElroy; his siblings, Dorothe Johnson (Stanley) and Kenneth Kernen (Jean Graham); his siblings-in-law, Kenneth, John McElroy, Helen Linderman (Howard), Kathy Kuhl (Dick), Jean (Francis Vais), Jim Herring, Rosemarie McElroy and Maxine McElroy; and his son-in-law Paul Bangston.
He is survived by: his children, Marty Mason (Glenn) of Shenandoah, Joe Kernen (Lisa) of Nodaway and Danny Kernen (Maria) of Denver, CO.; his grandchildren, Corrie Bangston McHale (Tom) of Minneapolis, Kaley Bangston Brown (Travis) of Chicago, Kyle Bangston (Katie) of St. Louis Park, MN and Quentin Bangston of Portland, OR.; his great grandchildren, Bennett, Sadie, Vivienne, Owen, Aidan McHale, Brayden, Shyla, Korbyn, Aubrey Talada and Wilder Brown; his sisters-in-law, Ethel Herring, Mary McElroy, Kathleen McElroy and Patricia Knock; and his friend Junior. He is also survived by his children or grandchildren.