Johnson Funeral Service, Thief River Falls, MN

Cynthia Kenner, Thief River Falls, MN formerly Herreid, SD, age 64, died Sunday, September 18, 2016 at her sister's residence near Thief River Falls, MN

Funeral service will be Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 2:00 PM in Johnson Funeral Service Chapel in Thief River Falls. Burial will be held at Landstad Cemetery near Gatzke, MN. Visitation will be from Noon until 2:00 PM on Saturday.

Cynthia Rae Kenner, known to friends and family as Cindy, was born June 6, 1952 in Pueblo Colorado to parents Jacob Raymond Kenner and Frieda Hoernicke Kenner. Cindy was raised in Southwestern Colorado on a ranch. Cindy graduated as Valedictorian of Trinidad High School, Trinidad Colorado. She went on to college in Abilene, Texas at Abilene Christian University from 1970 -1976. In 1978 she was added to the Agricultural Department at ACU and was in charge of the horsemanship program and the feeding program at the Allen Farm. She also taught in the Biology Department.

While working at ACU she met her future husband. In 1982 she married Richard Scott. She had two step children, Shannon Scott Phillips and Jamie Scott. The family moved to Sonora, TX where she and Richard managed a ranch.

Cindy's passion was always about teaching people old and young to enjoy horses. In her younger years she competed in rodeo as well as showing and horsemanship.

Cindy was also very giving and compassionate. She would do without to help a friend or stranger in need. She also helped out others who were sick or needed a helping hand. Her family and friends could share many stories of her generosity. She was a great mentor and friend, as well as a loving mother, aunt, great aunt, sister and daughter and will be missed greatly.

Cindy lived in Texas until moving to Minnesota in 1991. She spent many hours with her nieces and nephews passing on her horsemanship skills and her love for God and family. She moved to Jamestown ND after leaving Thief River Falls . The last few years she lived in Herreid, SD until becoming ill.

She moved back to be near family in December of 2014.

She is survived by her step daughter Shannon Scott Phillip (Billy) and step son Jamie Scott; her mother Frieda Kenner her sister Jamie Kenner Clark (Carl) and her brother Raymond Bart Kenner (Vickie); her nieces and nephews: Joshua Clark (Laura), Amanda Grzadziewerski (Allan), Melissa Clark, Benjamin Clark (Ciara), Ashley Fornshell (Lucas), Sam Kenner and Shauni Mulder. Step grandchildren: Kayla Broadas Bricker and Dustan Phillips. Great nieces and nephews: Garrett and Reagan Clark, Gretta and Ian Grzadzielewski, Libby Erickson, Sherman Geer and Jacob Clark, Liam and Nora Martell, Lilly, Daphne and Ramsey Kenner.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents August Hoernicke and Emma Harms Hoernicke and her paternal grandparents James Kenner and Grace Miller Kenner, her father Jacob Raymond Kenner, her ex-husband Richard Scott and her baby boy Scott.

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