Elena S. Kenedy, 95, Is Dead; Widow of Heir to King Ranch??? New York City??

Elena S. Kenedy, 95, Is Dead; Widow of Heir to King Ranch

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Published: March 6, 1984

Elena Suess Kenedy, a member of the family that established the King Ranch, died at the ranch Friday. She was 95 years old.

Mrs. Kenedy, who contributed millions of dollars to Texas charities, was buried in a family plot near her home on La Parra Ranch, a section of the orginal 800,000-acre King Ranch.

Elena Suess was born Feb. 7, 1889, in Saltillo, Mexico. She attended Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio and in 1942 married John T. Kenedy Jr., grandson of the King Ranch founder, Capt. Mifflin Kenedy. Her husband died in 1948.

Mrs. Kenedy was a member of the John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, established by her sister-in-law, Sarita Kenedy East, who died in 1960, leaving 200,000 acres of the ranch to the foundation and another 200,000 to Mrs. Kenedy.

Mrs. Kenedy is survived by four brothers: Edward M. Suess of Saltillo, Mexico; Richard E. Suess of Tijuana, Mexico, and Paul A. Suess and Albert G. Suess of San Antonio.