Audrey Marie (Kenner) Wright, 86, a longtime Brookings resident, died Monday, May 1, 2017.
Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Brookings. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Rude’s Funeral Home in Brookings, with a Liturgical Wake Service beginning at 6:30 pm.
She was born June 19, 1930, in Huron. She grew up there and graduated from Huron High School.
On May 17, 1951, she married Keith Kenner of Huron, and they had two sons In 1962 the family moved to Brookings, where Keith started the Keith Kenner Plumbing Company.
Keith died in December of 1992. On Nov. 8, 1997 Audrey married Ken Wright of Brookings.
She is survived by her two sons, Martin (Pam) Kenner of Burnsville, Minn., and Brian Kenner of Philip; two grandchildren; three step-children, Barb (Darwin) Egeberg of Madison, Georgia (Bill) Kopp of Milwaukee and Jim (Nancy) Wright of Sioux Falls; five step-grandchildren; two step-great grandchildren; her sister, Stella Given, brother Jack (Jeanne) Welsh, and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Keith, her second husband, Ken, her brother, Richard Welsh, and three step-grandchildren, Johannah and Dane Wright, and Sean Kopp.
Audrey requested that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be given to the Women’s Abuse Center or St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
Condolences may be sent to the family through www.rudesfuneralhome.com
