Ken Sheridan

W. Kenneth Sheridan, 100, a resident of Ridgecrest Retirement Village in Davenport, Iowa died on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at Crest Health Center.
A service to honor his life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, April 2, 2010 in the Koning Chapel at Ridgecrest Retirement Village, 4130 Northwest Blvd., Davenport, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Friday in the chapel. Private family graveside services will be held at Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Contributions in his memory may be made to Genesis VNA Hospice, the Chapel Memorial Fund at Ridgecrest or St. John’s United Methodist Church of Davenport, Iowa. McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home of Bettendorf is assisting the family with arrangements.
William Kenneth Sheridan was born in Morgan County, Ohio on April 11, 1909 to Mina Ann & Paul Thomas Sheridan.
He met Cornelia Holcombe and they were married on August 13, 1932. They had four children; Kenneth Joe Sheridan; Ann Elizabeth (Fred) Criswell of Bettendorf; Thomas Holcombe Sheridan; and David Paul (Barbara) Sheridan of Columbia, South Carolina. There are 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren with more on the way. Ken & Connie were married for 64 years & 8 months before her death in 1997. A year later, Ken moved into Ridgecrest Retirement Village.
He excelled in football, softball & tennis during his school years and graduated from Zanesville (Ohio) High School. Ken attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio until the Great Depression caused him to quit college to help with the family finances.
In Ohio, he worked for Armco Steel in Zanesville and the B&O Railroad out of Newark. He then started as a trainee in the Newark Alcoa plant and in 1948, was transferred to the new Alcoa plant in Riverdale, Iowa. He was Supervisor in the Furnace Department for many years and following that, was on special assignment for the Alcoa Pittsburg office for three years before retirement.
Ken & Connie traveled to many places in the United States and throughout the world including trips to Alaska, Hawaii and the Holy Land where they visited the Wailing Wall and King Tut’s crypt. They also spent a number of winters in Texas to avoid the cold Iowa winters.
He enjoyed life on the Mississippi River, boating and waterskiing with his family. Ken loved and trained hunting dogs and spent many days in the fields with them hunting pheasant and quail with friends. He loved golf, shot 4 holes-in-one and even shot a 71 on his 76th birthday. Ken finally gave up the game at age 96.
He became a 32nd degree Mason with the Masonic Organization and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Ken joined St. John’s United Methodist Church of Davenport in 1948 and since moving to Ridgecrest, has attended the Sunday services led by Chaplain Sue Housman.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Phil, Willard, Glenn, Merle and Bob; his sister, Ruth; two sons, Joe and Tom; and his grandson, Mark. Ken learned to live life each day and to be grateful for all the days God gave him.