Arthur Roy Kenny was born in Rio Grande, AB on February 23rd, 1920. In 1939 Arthur Kenny joined the Canadian Forces, when he returned to Rio Grande-Halcourt to help run the fur trading business that his father started. In 1952 they moved to White Rock, BC. By 1958, the family had built up three farms and were ranching 8000 mink of different colours. When Arthur’s parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary a newspaper article mentions Arthur attended with his family from Whiterock, BC. Arthur passed away on April 5th, 2003 at the age of 83 years old in Whiterock, BC. He is buried in the Valley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, BC. He was married to Nina Elizabeth (Sheldon) Kenny who passed away in 2012.
- Pioneers of the Peace, 1975, p. 284
- Grande Prairie Herald Tribune, January 20th, 1956