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Lois Kendall Stokes
Posted 12/27/06
Lois Kendall Stokes, 87 CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Lois Kendall Stokes of Chestertown died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006, in Chester River Hospital Center, Chestertown. She was 87. Mrs. Stokes was born Feb. 13, …
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Lois Kendall Stokes
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Lois Kendall Stokes, 87
CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Lois Kendall Stokes of Chestertown died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006, in Chester River Hospital Center, Chestertown. She was 87.
Mrs. Stokes was born Feb. 13, 1919, in Kent County, daughter of the late Elwood Peabody and Daisy Estelle Sewell Kendall.
She worked in the defense plants in both Elkton and Chestertown during World War II. She later worked as a floor supervisor with Campbell's Soup Co., when it opened in 1960, and stayed until 1966. In her later years, she spent time as a private in-home caregiver.
She enjoyed family and friends, and enjoyed her evening phone calls with them. She also enjoyed "Word Find" puzzles.
Mrs. Stokes was a member of Lynch United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Herbert Stokes, in 2000; five brothers, Waldon Kendall, Russell Kendall, Elston Kendall, Gordon Kendall and Louis Kendall; and five sisters, Dorothy Pinder, Louise Wheat, Birdie Jewell, Naomi Hogans and Annabelle Nickerson.
She is survived by a son, Donnie Stokes of Worton; three grandchildren, Jeff Stokes of Phoenix, Scott Stokes of Flagstaff, Ariz., and Tricia Stokes of Towson; and a great-grandson, Chase Stokes.
Services will be 3 p.m. Thursday in Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, where friends may call one hour earlier.
Burial will be in Chester Cemetery.
CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Lois Kendall Stokes of Chestertown died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006, in Chester River Hospital Center, Chestertown. She was 87.
Mrs. Stokes was born Feb. 13, 1919, in Kent County, daughter of the late Elwood Peabody and Daisy Estelle Sewell Kendall.
She worked in the defense plants in both Elkton and Chestertown during World War II. She later worked as a floor supervisor with Campbell's Soup Co., when it opened in 1960, and stayed until 1966. In her later years, she spent time as a private in-home caregiver.
She enjoyed family and friends, and enjoyed her evening phone calls with them. She also enjoyed "Word Find" puzzles.
Mrs. Stokes was a member of Lynch United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Herbert Stokes, in 2000; five brothers, Waldon Kendall, Russell Kendall, Elston Kendall, Gordon Kendall and Louis Kendall; and five sisters, Dorothy Pinder, Louise Wheat, Birdie Jewell, Naomi Hogans and Annabelle Nickerson.
She is survived by a son, Donnie Stokes of Worton; three grandchildren, Jeff Stokes of Phoenix, Scott Stokes of Flagstaff, Ariz., and Tricia Stokes of Towson; and a great-grandson, Chase Stokes.
Services will be 3 p.m. Thursday in Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, where friends may call one hour earlier.
Burial will be in Chester Cemetery.
