Richard G. McKenney

Rye - Our beloved Richard “Dick” G McKenney passed away on May 12, 2023 in Rye, New Hampshire. He died surrounded by love with his family around him from the end stage effects of Alzheimer’s. We celebrate the loving strength and goodness that he shared with all who knew him. Dick was born and raised in Beverly, MA into the McKenney and Gove families. Upon graduation from Brown University in 1956 he served two years as a second Lieutenant in the US Navy. Dick spent his entire 32-year career with Northwestern Mutual (NM). He became the youngest General Agent ever appointed by NM and built the Springfield MA agency into an award-winning office. He settled in East Longmeadow, MA, and moved to Deer Isle, ME after retiring in 1988, eventually moving to Rye, NH in 2002. We are comforted to know that he will be reunited with his mother Grace (who died in 1934, just days after Dick was born) and his granddaughter Abigail Treviño (May, 2000) Dick leaves behind his wife of 62 years Amelia McKenney, daughter Sandra Richard (Todd Richard) of Farmington, ME, son Douglas McKenney (Charlene McKenney) of Belton, TX, and Tina Treviño (Patrick Treviño) of Portsmouth, NH, and four grandchildren Eliza, Max, Lucia and Diego. His impact on all who knew him lives on. He was always a gentleman, kind and respectful, a great listener, quick to laugh, and genuinely interested in everyone he met. He loved sports, especially the Boston teams, travelling, working in the yard, sailing, and getting pulled into everything his wife and kids presented. Dick and Amelia had many adventures, including biking 4,000 miles across the country to raise funds for the Deer Isle food pantry, teaching English to people in Vietnam and Xi’an China, and touring exotic places around the world. Services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at the Rye Congregational Church, 580 Washington Road, Rye, NH 03870. Burial will follow in the Central Cemetery, Rye. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dick’s name to The Gathering Place, 518 U.S. Route One, Kittery, Maine 03904 or to the Deer Island Community Center, 10 Memorial Lane, Stonington, ME 04681, online at www.deerisle.com/product/donations/

Richard G. McKenney

February 26, 1934 - May 12, 2023