Friday, January 29, 2016

From sea to shining sea, July 2014 to January 2016




During my brief trip to California in June 2014, my mother, Claire Yvonne Biberstein Kendall, became ill, and tragically and unexpectedly died exactly one month later. (See below.) In the midst of it all, I was writing Oasis: Conversion Stories of Hollywood Legends due that August.

It has been bittersweet not to be able to enjoy the fruits of success with my mother. But, through it all, she has been with me in spirit, helping me from Heaven, as she promised she would!  

The book tour teed off in Pinehurst, North Carolina, home of American Golf, on April 13, 2015. Since then it’s been a whirlwind of travel, summarized on my website at A Chronicle of Events along the book tour... 

The author signing copies of "Oasis" at the Barnes & Noble in Burbank, CA
on July 15, 2015, the first anniversary of my mother's death.



Collins Funeral Home:  Wednesday, July 16th, 2014

Claire Yvonne Kendall (Age 81)

On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, of Kensington, MD. Beloved wife of Paul A. Kendall; daughter of the late Helena Keane and Frank Biberstein; granddaughter of Lillian Webster Keane, who died 49 years, to the day, before her beloved granddaughter, whom she watched over after her daughter Helena died, while cradling her baby, Claire, in her arms; sister of the late Pauline Krafft (Frank) and the late Beatrice Ward; mother of Paul Kendall (Jeannette), Therese Lipovsky (Robert M.), Mary Claire Kendall; grandmother of 15, in descending order of age: Caitlin Workman, Kathryn Kendall, Joseph Kendall, Elizabeth Lipovsky, Adam Kendall, Marie Kendall, Christina Lipovsky, Sara Kendall, David Lipovsky, Charles Kendall, Gregory Lipovsky, Nina Kendall, Mary Lou Lipovsky, Rose Kendall, and Isabelle Kendall. Aunt of the nine Krafft children: Barbara, Sue, Jeanne, Don, Marie, Marty, Bill, Steve and Nancy; and Judy Ward. Her greatest joy in life was family harmony. Relatives and friends may call at Holy Redeemer Church, 9705 Summit Ave, Kensington, MD 20895, corner of Summit Avenue & Cable Drive, Friday, July 18, from 5-8:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 19, at 10:00 a.m. Private Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross Foundation, 524 North Avenue, Suite 201, New Rochelle, NY 10801.