- Date Of Birth: September 8, 1923
- Date Of Death: July 18, 2015
- State: Arizona
Ulmont (Al) Kendree, Ulmont (Al), passed away peacefully, at age 91, on July 18, 2015. Al was born September 8, 1923 in Savanah, Missouri. He moved with his family often until settling in Hutchinson, Kansas which is where he attended and graduated high school and Hutchinson Junior College. Growing up, he was very active in Boy Scouts and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He went on to attend the U. S. Military Academy at West Point from which he graduated in 1949. After graduation he served proudly in the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star and Silver Star upon his return. After resigning from the Army with a rank of Captain in 1955, he joined Pacific Mutual Life Insurance in San Francisco to begin his 40 year-long distinguished career in the life insurance business. Al and his beloved wife of 60 years, Barbara (Billie), moved from Monte Sereno, California to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1997. For the next 14 years they enjoyed retirement, travel, grandchildren, and friends until health issues caused them to slow down in 2011. Al was a long time Rotarian as an active, and ultimately, honorary member of the Los Gatos California Rotary Club. He was an absolute believer in the Rotary Four-Way Test and lived it every single day of his life.
