July 4, 1935 - November 19, 2025 (age 90)

Christa Helena Auktor Kendall passed away peacefully in Preston, Idaho on November 19, 2025. Christa was born in Stuttgart, Germany on July 4, 1935. Her mother was Helena Elizebeth Kubler who married Karl Auktor. Karl later adopted Christa as his own child. A few years later her parents had a sister for her, Ute Auktor Augat.

Christa grew up in WWII Germany with many memories of air raid sirens and rushing to the basement for safety. Food was scarce and life was hard. Even though she was young, she had vivid memories of those years and suffered nightmares of sirens going off for years.

When she was 18 years old she met an American soldier, Robert Lawrence Kendall, and it was love at first sight. They were married right after her 19th birthday on

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