Arthur E. Kenah, 69, who turned his love of trucks into a company with 25 of them, died Friday, June 14, of congestive heart failure at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Mr. Kenah, born in Metuchin, N.J., started a landscaping business with his brother at age 19 to pay his way through school at Loyola University. He was pursuing a master’s degree in industrial relations when he bought his first truck, quit school and started Crosstowns Inc. Mr. Kenah would do anything for his truckers, said his brother Don. “He was the kind of guy who would wake up in the middle of the night worrying if he could make payroll for all the families that depended on him,” his brother said. “He was the kind of guy that even if times were rough, he would keep people on payroll. He looked out for others.” Mr. Kenah teamed up with his best salesman, former White Sox and Yankees slugger Bill “Moose” Skowron to open Call Me Moose, a popular Cicero hangout for retired Teamsters and ex-jocks in the neighborhood. In addition to his brother, he is survived by his wife, Margaret; a daughter, Lee D’Elassandro; two sisters, Patricia Mitola and Betty Murdock; and two grandchildren. Services have been held.
