- Date Of Birth: January 24, 1926
- Date Of Death: May 17, 2018
- State: Indiana
Robert J. ‘Smokey’ Kendall, 92, Logansport, passed away at 9:48 a.m.
Born on January 24, 1926, in Logansport, he was the son of Lawrence D. and Dora E. Schrader Kendall.
On September 24, 1949, in Logansport, he was married to Rita A. Morris, who preceded him in death on March 19, 2014.
Smokey retired in 1970 with the rank of Captain from the Logansport Fire Department, where he had been employed since 1948. He had also been a design engineer for Universal Fire Apparatus for 17 years, and a product engineer at United Technologies for 20 years.
A 1943 graduate of Logansport High School, he attended Lawrence Tech and IUPUI, and was a United States Navy veteran, having served during World War II.
He was preceded in death by sister, Doloris Gundrum.
