ROSIE KENNEDY ENTERED ST. COLETTA 65 YEARS AGO TODAY
Jefferson, Wisconsin (JFK+50) The third child and first daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and the brother of Congressman John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Rosemary*, was admitted to St. Coletta School** here in Jefferson 65 years ago today, July 1, 1949.
Rosie Kennedy had attended Sacred Heart Convent in Providence, Rhode Island, but was diagnosed as mentally retarded.
A Kennedy family biographer described Rosemary as "absolutely beautiful" with a "gorgeous smile."
A lobotomy procedure performed in 1941 when she was 23 was unsuccessful. Rose Marie Kennedy would spend the rest of her life institutionalized.
Rosemary died on January 7, 2005 at the age of 86.
July 1, 1962
JFK CONCLUDES TRIP TO MEXICO
Mexico City, Mexico (JFK+50) President John F. Kennedy and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos gave each other a hug today as they concluded three days of talks here in Mexico City.
Mateos had embraced not only JFK but his Alliance For Progress to promote economic development, social progress and political fellowship among all Latin American nations.
5000 people greeted JFK and Mrs. Kennedy as they entered the Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe for Sunday Mass.
July 1, 2014
SENATOR HOWARD H. BAKER, JR. BURIAL TODAY
Huntsville, Tennessee (JFK+50) The body of former United States Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. will be laid to rest at 1 p.m.today here in Huntsville.
Yesterday, June 30, mourners paid their respects to Senator Baker, who was also President Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff and United States ambassador to Japan, as the body lie in state at the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
The body was in a flag-draped closed casket in the rotunda of the Baker Center. The casket was flanked by a military honor guard.
JFK+50 NOTE:
We were among the hundreds of mourners who stopped by the Center yesterday. We had the opportunity to speak to and express our sympathies to Senator Baker's widow, former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum. She was most gracious.
Jefferson, Wisconsin (JFK+50) The third child and first daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and the brother of Congressman John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Rosemary*, was admitted to St. Coletta School** here in Jefferson 65 years ago today, July 1, 1949.
Rosie Kennedy had attended Sacred Heart Convent in Providence, Rhode Island, but was diagnosed as mentally retarded.
A Kennedy family biographer described Rosemary as "absolutely beautiful" with a "gorgeous smile."
A lobotomy procedure performed in 1941 when she was 23 was unsuccessful. Rose Marie Kennedy would spend the rest of her life institutionalized.
Rosemary died on January 7, 2005 at the age of 86.
Rosemary Kennedy
*Rose Marie Kennedy (1918-2005) was born in Brookline, MA. Diaries published in the 1980s indicate she attended operas, tea dances and social events. Institutionalized in 1949, she spent the remainder of her life at St. Coletta School in Wisconsin.
**St. Coletta School was founded in 1904 when 10 developmentally disabled students enrolled under direction of Father George Meyer.
In 1931, the school became known as St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children. In 1963, the 1st International Awards for Achievement in the field of Mental Retardation was held. In 1983, the Kennedy family made a gift in honor of Mrs. Rose Kennedy's 93rd birthday to facilitate a program to serve as a model for aging persons with mental retardation.
SOURCE
www.stcolettawi.org/
July 1, 1962
JFK CONCLUDES TRIP TO MEXICO
Mexico City, Mexico (JFK+50) President John F. Kennedy and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos gave each other a hug today as they concluded three days of talks here in Mexico City.
Mateos had embraced not only JFK but his Alliance For Progress to promote economic development, social progress and political fellowship among all Latin American nations.
5000 people greeted JFK and Mrs. Kennedy as they entered the Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe for Sunday Mass.
Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe
Mexico City
Photo by Jan Zatko (2005)
SENATOR HOWARD H. BAKER, JR. BURIAL TODAY
Huntsville, Tennessee (JFK+50) The body of former United States Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. will be laid to rest at 1 p.m.today here in Huntsville.
Yesterday, June 30, mourners paid their respects to Senator Baker, who was also President Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff and United States ambassador to Japan, as the body lie in state at the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
The body was in a flag-draped closed casket in the rotunda of the Baker Center. The casket was flanked by a military honor guard.
Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.
1925-2014
Baker Center for Public Policy
Knoxville, Tennessee
Photo by John White (2014)
We were among the hundreds of mourners who stopped by the Center yesterday. We had the opportunity to speak to and express our sympathies to Senator Baker's widow, former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum. She was most gracious.
Hearse and KPD Motorcycles
for Senator HH Baker's Procession
Photo by John White (2014)
