Donald Kendrick Sr.

DONALD DON L. KENDRICK SR.,77, OF INDEPENDENCE DIED SUNDAY OCTOBER 3, 2010 IN INDEPENDENCE. CREMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 2010 AT THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN INDEPENDENCE WITH THE REVEREND TERRY HATFIELD OFFICIATING UNDER THE DIRECTTION OF THE POTTS CHAPEL. VISITATION WILL BE THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 2010 AT DONS AND PATTYS RESIDENT 4603 NO. PENN INDEPENDENCE, FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00PM. A MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND REMEMBRANCES WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OR THE POTTS CHAPEL. DON WAS BORN JUNE 6, 1933 IN INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS THE SON OF CLYDE AND THELMA CLEMMER KENDRICK. DON GRADUATED FROM THE INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND ATTENDED INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. DON SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM OCTOBER 1953 TO OCTOBER 1955 ATTAING THE RATE OF SP2. DON MARRIED PATTY COOK AND THEY WERE LATER DIVORCED. ON JUNE 17, 1980 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO PATRICIA W. WEINGART IN LAS VEGAS,NEVADA AND SHE SURIVES AT THE HOME. DON WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN INDEPENDENCE. DON WAS A LIFE LONG BUSINESS MAN IN INDEPENDENCE AND SURROUNDING AREA. SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE PATRICIA W. OF THE HOME A SON DONALD BUD KENDRICK, OF INDEPENDENCE, ONE STEP SON JAMES CHRIS FITZPATRICK OF DALLAS TEXAS, ONE DAUGHTER DEBRA KENDRICK OF INDEPENDENCE, ONE SISTER BETTY GRUVER OF RAYMORE, MISSOURI. THREE GRANDCHILDREN TRVIS KENDRICK OF INDEPENDENCE, KATY KENDRICK AND LAURA KENDRICK OF LAWRENCE, ONE GREAT GRANDSON BYRCE KENDRICK OF INDEPENDENCE. DON WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON BRADLEY D.KENDRICK, HIS PARENTS CLYDE AND THELMA KENDRICK AND ONE BROTHER CLEMMER KENDRICK