TITLE:  J. Kenneth Rentiers

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 18, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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RENTIERS, J. Former State Senator, J. Kenneth Rentiers, a prominent 
local attorney, husband of Kathryn Gianatos Rentiers, died Saturday, 
June 16, 2001, at a local hospital. He was 74. Born in Charleston on 
March 11, 1927, he was the son of the late John Whalen Rentiers and 
Estelle Simmons Rentiers. He graduated from Charleston High School, 
the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina School 
of Law. He practiced law for 50 years on Broad Street. He also was 
vice president of Gray Line Sightseeing Tour Company for 25 years. He 
served as president of the Charleston County Bar Association and was a 
member of the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar 
Association, the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association and the 
American Judicature Society. Mr. Rentiers served the City of 
Charleston as Municipal Judge and as Special Corporation Counsel. He 
was selected to the State Senate in 1968 and was a member of the 
Judiciary Committee. He also served as a Special Circuit Court Judge. 
He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of the LST 
Association. He was a lifetime member of both the College of Charleston
Alumni Association and the Hibernian Society. He was one of the 
founders of the Cougar Club at the College of Charleston and remained 
an active member. He was a longtime active member of Grace Episcopal 
Church and served as Senior Warden. He also set up the first Hospice 
Corporation in Charleston. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, 
Kathryn Gianatos Rentiers, one son, J. Kenneth Rentiers, Jr., two 
daughters, Mrs. Sally Rentiers Young, and Mrs. Kathryn Rentiers Dewey; 
three grandchildren, Sally Kathryn Young, Kathryn Rentiers Young and 
Emily McMahon Young. Funeral services will be held at Grace Episcopal 
Church on Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 3 o'clock. Interment, Magnolia 
Cemetery. Friends may call at the church between 4 and 6 o'clock, 
Monday, and at the residence between 6 and 8 o'clock. Arrangements by 
J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL. In lieu of flowers, memorials 
contributions may be made to the Scholarship Fund of the College of 
Charleston Alumni Association, the Grace Church Garden of Remembrance 
or to the Coastal Crisis Chaplains Ministry. (The Post and Courier 
June 18, 2001)

RENTIERS, Joseph THE HIBERNIAN SOCIETY: THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS are 
invited to attend the funeral services of our life member Joseph K. 
Rentiers, Tuesday at 3 o'clock in Grace Episcopal Church. By order of: 
Frank E. Lucas, President Edwin L. (Barry) Bealer, Secretary (The
Post and Courier June 19, 2001)

RENTIERS, Joseph The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth 
Rentiers are invited to attend the funeral services of the former, 
Tuesday at 3 o'clock in Grace Episcopal Church. Interment, Magnolia 
Cemetery. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL. 
Memorials may be made to the Scholarship Fund of College of Charleston 
Alumni Association, Grace Church Garden of Remembrance or Coastal 
Crisis Chaplaincy, P.O. Box 21833, Charleston, S.C. 29413. (The Post
and Courier June 19, 2001)
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