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Submitted: 7/17/14 • Approved: 7/17/14 • Last Updated: 3/23/18 • R11814-G11814-S3
James 7 Aug 1928 - 15 Jan 2010
Born in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Husband of Dorris Jane Curl Kendall
*Obituary
Amarillo Globe News
January 17, 2010
James W. Kendall, 81, of Amarillo died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Pioneer Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St., with Joe Zillmer officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Washburn Cemetery in Washburn.
Mr. Kendall was born Aug. 7, 1928, in Madison, Wis. He married Dorris J. Curl in 1948 in Missouri. They were happily married until she preceded him in death Jan. 14, 2010. Mr. Kendall was a long-haul truck driver and drove for Jay Lines before retiring. He was a longtime member of Great Plains Western Church. He loved to fish and play cards.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years; a daughter, Anne Dunivan, in 2008. a son, Michael Kendall, in 1993; a granddaughter, Janna Jolley, in 1965; two brothers; and a sister.
Survivors include a daughter, Denise Alcorn of Amarillo; a son, Richard Kendall of Valle De Oro; three brothers, Claude Kendall, Ronnie Kendall and Russell Kendall; three sisters, Pauline Guier, Patty Gorbet and Sharon Jones; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; and a special friend of the family, Lelia White
The family suggests memorials be to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105;
The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Anne 1949 - 2008
Mike 1952 - 1993
Dorris 1927 - 2010
Photographer John Dennis
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