Joseph Norman Kendra – Monongahela

Joseph Norman Kendra, 81, of Monongahela, passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at Washington Hospital. He was born March 24, 1941, in Bentleyville, son of the late John and Elizabeth Sable Kendra. Mr. Kendra was a graduate of Bentleyville High School. He attended the Washington School of Drafting and later Penn Commercial in Washington. A veteran, he served from 1959 to 1963 with the U.S. Navy. For 28 years, Mr. Kendra was employed as a draftsman with Cooper in Canonsburg. He was a member of the Saint Katharine Drexel Parish. He enjoyed trap shooting at the Roscoe Gun Club. Surviving are his wife, Barbara Lowe Kendra; sons, Daniel Joseph Kendra (Laura Chevalier) of Beaver Falls and Douglas Edward Kendra of Monongahela; grandsons, Ari Leo Kendra and Caleb Joseph Kendra; godchild, Lindsey Macey; a special dog, Riley; A brother, John “Jack” Kendra (Alice) of Charleroi; a sister, Elizabeth “Betty” Cursi of Washington; and several nieces and nephews. Friends are welcome from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at THOMPSON- MARODI FUNERAL HOME INC., 809 Main St., Bentleyville, 724-239-2255, where a prayer service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, followed at 10:30 a.m. by a Mass of Christian burial at Saint Katharine Drexel, 126 Church St., Bentleyville, with the Reverend Edward L. Yuhas, Pastor, as celebrant. A procession will follow to Sacred Heart Cemetery for the Rite of Committal service and military honors by the American Legion Post 165, Bentleyville and the U.S. Navy. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests your consideration of memorials to Washington Area Humane Society, P.O. Box 66, Eighty Four, PA 15330 www.washingtonpashelter.org/donate/. Memories and condolences can be shared at www.thompson-marodi.com.