Obituary of Richard Kennedy Cavanaugh

Richard Kennedy Cavanaugh, June 6, 1920- April 6, 2012, passed away at 92 at St. Edward's Nursing Home, Akron, Ohio from complications due to a stroke. Richard was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, by his parents, Rose and Robert, and had three siblings, Robert, Mary and James. He attended St. Edward's Elementary School and Rayen High School. Drafted in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he served as a meteorologist stationed on Ascension Island in Brazil. His plan was to become a journalist, but after graduating with his undergraduate degree from the University of San Francisco, he completed his Medical Degree at the University of St. Louis; his internship and residence in Internal Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco. He met his wife Rachel Donnan while practicing internal Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital. After a 20 year career there, he received a Fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic to study the Heart. He practiced at Timken Mercy Hospital in Canton, Ohio, as well as in Leesburg, Virginia, and San Jose, California. He settled in Akron, Ohio to be a physician for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., retiring in 1995. He was a member of The American College of Physicians and The American Medical Association. His talent was in the diagnosis, always saying, 'The diagnosis was in the history of the patient'. He enjoyed golf and was an avid reader of the Wall Street Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, The Akron Beacon Journal and Barron's. He is survived by son Robert Donnan of Colorado Springs, CO, Kathleen Frankino Cavanaugh and daughter, Rachel of Akron, Ohio; granddaughter Peyton Colleen; brother Reverend James K. of Youngstown. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, from 5-7 pm at the Anthony Funeral Home KUCKO-ANTHONY-KERTESZ CHAPEL, 1990 S. Main St. in Akron. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at 11:00 am at St. Paul Catholic Church on Brown St. in Akron. Interment will follow at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman.