Margaret Kendall

Margaret "Peg" (Richards) Kendall, 86, of Toledo, Ohio scholar, soldier, mother and educator, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009, after a brief stay at Ebied Hospice Center, Sylvania, Ohio. Mrs. Kendall was born Margaret Jane Richards in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 7, 1922, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Nicholas Fox Richards (b. Cornwall, England) and the late Margaret Reining Richards (b. Pittsburgh, PA). Mrs Kendall graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA, in 1944 and immediately enlisted, at the rank of Ensign, graduating to Lieutenant, in the U. S. Navy, where she served as a communications specialist, in Washington, D.C. She continued her education by earning a Masters of Art Degree and Dean of Students Certificate from Columbia University, New York City, in 1947 and post graduate studies at the University of Toledo, throughout the 1960's and 70's. After serving as a student advisor at Florida State University, on December 28, 1949, she married the late Dr. Ralph Charles Kendall (Newark, NJ), former Dean of Adult Education at The University of Toledo. Mrs. Kendall then served 35 years with the Toledo Public Schools, as an 8th grade teacher at Robinson Junior High School; guidance counselor at DeVilbiss and Start High Schools and vice-principal at Macomber-Whitney High School, retiring in 1990. Mrs. Kendall was an active member of Monroe Street United Methodist Church for over 50 years and was a 28 year volunteer at Flower Hospital. She was a longtime ticket holder and patron of The Toledo Symphony and TheToledo Repertoire Theater and a U.T. donor. She is survived by her twin daughters, Dr. Candace Kendall (William) Johnson of Rockledge, FL and Victoria Kendall (Robert) Jacobson of Boston, MA; grandson, Andrew Ross Kendall Jacobson; brothers, John Henry (Mary Louise) Richards of Newnan, GA and Rev. Robert Fox (Nancy) Richards of Seven Fields, PA; cousin, Catherine Jane Smith of Kennett Square, PA; many nieces and nephews and longtime dear friends, Mrs. Irene Burns, Mrs. Rhea Longenecker and Mrs. Juanita Spencer. The family requests consideration of donations, in Mrs. Kendall's memory to Monroe Street United Methodist Church, 3613 Monroe Street, Toledo, where a funeral celebration of her life will take place on Tuesday, October 6th, at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be at the Ansberg-West Funeral Home, 3000 Sylvania Avenue, Toledo, on Monday, October 5th, from 4-8 p.m. Interment will be in Historic Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo.

Margaret Kendall

October 7, 1922 - September 29, 2009