Robert Kendall "Kendall" Watkins, son of Robert Newton (1889-1967) and Floy (Campbell) (1889-1974) Watkins, was born 31 May 1917, Michigan. He graduated in 1936 from Okemos High School.
Kendall married 1937 OHS alumni Thelma White on 29 January 1939, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. During World War II Kendall joined the US Navy. After the war he moved his family to California where he died 12 August 2008, Vista, San Diego County. Thelma, date unknown, also died in California.