1930 – 2013

LEWISTON — Marvin E. Kendall, 83, of Lewiston, died Saturday, Dec. 7, following surgery.

He was born in West Bethel on June 15, 1930, a son of Clayton and Josephine Kendall. He graduated from Gould Academy in 1948 and then went on to graduate from Burdett College in Boston, Mass.

Marvin was an accountant for American Tel & Tel in Boston for several years. He married Joanne Stinchfield in 1955, and they returned to Maine. He began working in Lewiston in 1956, first for E.M. Shapiro Accounting and later for several local accounting firms, including Gervais & Martel, among others.

He was a 65-year member of Pleasant Valley Grange in West Bethel.

He is survived by his wife, Joanne; daughters, Leigh and husband, Kevin Strout, and Sue and husband, Roger Canuel; grandchildren, Katie Strout Hyde and husband, Chris, Heidi Canuel Wieland and husband, Dieter, and Ryan Canuel; great-grandchildren, Dalton Gendron, Kyleigh and Tyler Hyde, Isabelle Trombley and Ethan Wieland; brother, Ronald Kendall and wife, Marguerite; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by a grandson, Christopher Gendron; his parents; and two brothers, Maurice and Laurence.

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