Esther Irene Kendall

October 21, 1932 - April 23, 2019

Esther Irene Kendall, 86, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge. Services will be 10:30 Monday, April 29, 2019, at St Olaf Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge. Burial will be in the North Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Sunday at the Gunderson Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Fort Dodge. Esther is survived by her two sons, Keith (Mary) Shoemaker of Washington and John (Terri) Rupert of Kokomo, Indiana; five grandchildren, Kyle Shoemaker and Kayla Shoemaker, Wesley Rupert, Cory Rupert and Kasey Rupert; one sister, Josephine Fox of Indiana and a brother, Walter (Nancy) Keim Huntington, Indiana. She is preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, George and Joseph Keim. Esther Irene Keim, the daughter of Alvin and Mary (Miller) Keim was born October 21, 1932 in Kokomo, Indiana and graduated from Greentown High School in Greentown, Indiana. In the late 90’s, Esther moved to Fort Dodge. For the past 19 years she has lived in the Garden Village Apartments. Esther enjoyed her hobbies of crocheting, quilting and knitting. She loved knitting baby hats to be given to the newborns at the Trinity Birth Center. She was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge.