Retired employee's funeral procession passes through Kennywood

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Nancy Jackson, 76, worked at Kennywood for 40 years, starting out counting money and working her way up to bookkeeper, until her 1998 retirement. She died Saturday in William Penn Care Center in Jeannette. Her funeral procession drover through the closed park on Wednesday.

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Sweet story! And props to Kennywood for being so accommodating.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

That's the kindest thing I've read on the Internet in a while.

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When my spouse's grandma passed away, the funeral procession went through the streets of the Iowa State Fair as she had worked there for many years so props to Kennywood to do the same for one of their former employees.

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Let's shoot us some deer Joe Joe!!!!

The article says this is at least the third time this has happened at Kennywood.

There was Nancy Jackson, of course.

I remember that they did this for Tony the carousel guy.

When was the other time?

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

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I wouldn't mind my ashes spread under Phantom's first drop. I think that'd be a nice final resting place.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

^^Gary Baker. Anyhow, I'll always remember the ERT sessions on Racer with him sitting at the controls and getting the crowd fired up... best "nostalgia" rides I've ever gotten on Racer.

Ride on, Gary... :)

You still have Zoidberg.... You ALL have Zoidberg! (V) (;,,;) (V)

Jeff didn't work there when Tony died. It's the third since he's been around. I remember at least four.

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