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Portrait of Carol Annetta Kenyon
In loving memory of Carol Annetta Schenkel-Kenyon

Carol Annetta Kenyon

December 21, 1933 – April 2, 2016
Lived 82 years
Mount Hope Cemetery · Middleville, MI
When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.
Life story

Carol Ann (Schenkel) Kenyon Passed away from dementia on April 2, 2016 in Bloomington MN. Born December 21, 1933 Carol lived 79 years in Middleville & Hastings MI and most recently moved to Eagan MN to be near her daughter & son living there. She is the beloved wife of Rod Kenyon for 63 amazingly wonderful years, mother to Craig (Kathy) Kenyon, Tom (Stacy) Kenyon, Chris (Chuck) Schram, & a loving grandmother to 8, great-grandmother to 7 along with many nieces and nephews. Carol was preceded in death by her parents William & Nellie Schenkel, brothers Bill (Billy Bob) & Fred (Fritz) Schenkel. Carol loved being a homemaker, cooking, traveling and most of all she loved the water especially floating on her raft at Harwood Lake. She was a volunteer, as a den mother, along with school activities as well as many hours to the Middleville Lions Club. She owned 400+ cookbooks and enjoyed her early morning search for the daily meal. She was an amazing cook and baker. She loved to play card games especially euchre and Spite & Malice.

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1933
Born December 21
1939
Carol was 6 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1942
Carol was 9 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1952
Wedding
1955
Carol was 22 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
1967
Carol was 34 when the first Super Bowl was played
1971
Carol was 38 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1989
Carol was 56 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1995
Carol was 62 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2004
Carol was 71 when Facebook was launched
2011
In her own words
2014
Carol was 81 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2016
Passed away April 2, age 82
Also resting here

The Kenyon name at Mount Hope Cemetery

Rodney Clark Kenyon1933 – 2021
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