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S. Wayne
Kenyon
CAMBRIDGE -
S. Wayne
Kenyon, 77,
died
peacefully
the morning
of Tuesday,
March 23,
2010, at
Pleasant
Valley Adult
Care Home in
Argyle. He
was the
widower of
Marilyn Lang
Henderson
Kenyon who
died in
2006.
Born in
Cambridge on
March 8,
1933, he was
the oldest
child of
Mark and
Alice
(Green)
Kenyon.
After
graduating
from
Cambridge
Central
School,
Class of
1951, he
attended
Hudson
Valley
Community
College and
earned an
associate
degree in
electrical
engineering.
He
moonlighted
as a
television
repair man
and was
proud of
having
repaired
Norman
Rockwell's
TV.
He worked
for General
Electric in
Syracuse for
nearly 40
years. He
and his
family lived
in Manlius.
He was a
member and
deacon of
the Onondaga
Valley
Presbyterian
Church.
Cars were
his hobby
and Jaguars
were his
passion. He
was a member
of the
Central New
York Jaguar
Club and the
treasurer
for more
than ten
years.
When his
health
declined,
Wayne
returned to
Cambridge to
be nearer
his family.
He lived at
the
Cambridge
Guest Home
from May
2007-09,
before
moving to
Pleasant
Valley for
his final
days.
Wayne's
sister,
Marilyn K.
Pemrick,
died last
November.
Wayne is
survived by
two
children,
Eric W.
Kenyon of
Randolph
Center, Vt.
and Kathy
Dugas and
husband,
David, of
Lowell,
Mass.; a
stepson,
Scott
Henderson of
Fayetteville,
N.Y.; three
granddaughters:
Shala
Rousseau and
husband Al,
Cara Colon
and husband,
Jose' and
Jessica
Dugas; two
stepgrandchildren,
Arron and
Ashley
Henderson;
four
great-grandchildren;
four
siblings:
Jane Keys
and husband,
Tom of
Salem, Roxy
Pemrick and
husband,
John, of
Greenwich,
Kay Walsh
and husband,
Edward of
Kansas City,
Kansas, Nick
Kenyon and
wife, Cate,
of
Cambridge;
brother-in-law,
Frank
Pemrick Jr.
of Lake
George and
numerous
nieces,
nephews and
great nieces
and
great-nephews.
Friends and
relatives
are invited
to call on
Friday,
March 26,
2010 from 4
to 7 p.m. at
Ackley &
Ross Funeral
Home, 73
West Main
St.,
Cambridge.
A funeral
service
conducted by
Pastor Donna
Frishknecht
of the First
United
Presbyterian
Church of
Salem will
be held on
Saturday,
March 27, at
11 a.m. at
the funeral
home.
Burial will
follow at
Woodlands
Cemetery,
Cambridge.
Please visit
www.ackleyrossfuneralhome.com
to share
a memory of
Wayne or to
send a
message of
condolence
to the
family.
Wayne's
Personal
Page
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