Kendall was born Feb. 6, 1911 in Morland, Kansas to Irbey and Mary Maud (Warren). She attended school in Briggsdale, Colo. After graduating from high school, she moved to Portland in 1930, where she was a childcare provider. She worked in the Mills City and Garibaldi areas as a cook in lumber camps. In 1942, Kendall moved to Vancouver, Wash., and worked in the shipyards as a welder. She married Roy Kendall in Vancouver in 1944. They moved to Brownsville for 10 years before moving to D Lake in 1956, where they managed a motel. In 1959, they bought a farm in Sherwood, and they moved to Wilsonville in 1976. Roy Kendall died on Dec. 13, 1990, after 46 years of marriage. In 2000, Kendall moved to Portland to be with her daughter.

She enjoyed gardening, flowers, crocheting, knitting, quilt making, cooking and baking.

She is survived by her daughters Carole Anderson of Gresham and Kathy Kendall of Portland; son David Kendall of Tygh Valley; sisters Pearl Hagen of Salem and Mary Reed of Kingman, Ariz.; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

A private committal service was held.

Donald Edgar Lewis

A celebration of the life of Donald Edgar Lewis of Wilsonville will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the Cornwell Colonial Chapel in Wilsonville. Lewis died of natural causes at his home on Feb. 27. He was 82 years of age.

Lewis was born in Fort Branch, Ind., on June 18, 1925. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and subsequently moved to the Portland area in 1946. In 1949, he met and married Roberta Lichtenberger and the couple settled down for the long haul.

Lewis was a self-taught electrician by trade, and was a long-time member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48 in Portland.

He and his wife had three children over the years, sons Fred of West Linn and Gregory of Canby, and daughter Christine Walker, also of Canby. The couple had five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren at the time of Lewis’ death.

During his spare time, Lewis enjoyed hunting, fishing and farming, as well as playing golf, poker and attending Portland Trailblazers games.

He was a member of the First Christian Church of Tigard, and attended services regularly with his wife.

The family is asking that remembrances be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1311 N.W. 21st Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209.

Final interment of Lewis’s remains was at Willamette National Cemetery.

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