Memorial services for Kenneth Frederick Fanning of Calico Rock, Arkansas, will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at the family home.
Kenneth died Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at the Calico Rock Hospital, at the age of 79. He was born November 23, 1930 in Providence, RI, the son of Francis and Ellen Hargreaves Fanning. He worked as a Geophysicist, performing underwater mapping, for the Naval Oceanographic Office. Kenneth Fanning was a post WWII U.S. Army veteran. He lived in Calico Rock, Arkansas since 2006 moving from Long Beach, Mississippi. He enjoyed target shooting, scuba diving, tying fishing flies, underwater and surface archeology, was a world traveler and was a certified diving instructor.
Kenneth is survived by son, Thomas Fanning and daughter-in-law, Jacque Fanning of Waterford, ME; companion of his late son, Laurie Davis of Waterford, ME, 3 grandchildren, Nick, Matt and Ryan and 2 friends, Jill Easton and Jim Spencer both of Calico Rock, AR.
He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Timothy.
Arrangements are by Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services.