Individual Details
Kendall Wallace Lovejoy
(24 Jul 1928 - 19 Feb 1992)
Cousin Betty Brown Gunderson recalls that "Ken was just younger than me but in the same grade because he was so smart and Marjorie who was just a little older than me.
I think maybe Ken started in the 2nd or 3rd grade. I skipped the second as the 1st and 2nd were together so being as nosey as I am I listened to what the 2nd was doing. "Ha"! I always had to compete with Ken who always came in 1st on tests and another girl Aurella Begley who was 2nd and I always was 3rd."
Oak Leaf, Volume XXII, Number 16, 7 March 1947 [Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California]
Mad Musicians; Mad Music By BARBARA ELLIS
... Yours truly believes in giving credit where credit is due. Orchids to our “child prodigy” Ken Lovejoy who came up with a terrific arrangement of “Laura”. From all reports —it’s tops. .....
Press Democrat, Volume 91, Number 211, 3 September 1947
Third Summer Band Concert Tomorrow in Howarth Park
Hundreds of band music enthusiasts are expected to fill Howarth Park at 7:30 tomorrow night to hear the third concert by the Santa Rosa Municipal Band.
Featured musicians on the program will be Eddie Venturi, tenor, and Trumpeters Irvie Cantweil and Ken Lovejoy. The band will be directed by Harris Wilson with Howard Gordon handling the master-of-ceremonies chores.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) Jan 23, 1948, Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lovejoy and son Kendall of Santa Rosa arrived about noon last Saturday for a weekend visit with relatives in Covelo, Vinson English and Shirley English in town and the Judge Clarke family and Mr. Lovejoy just out of town. Mr. and Mrs. Vinson English are Mrs. Bob Lovejoy's parents and Shirley English is her brother. Mrs. Clarke is a sister of Bob Lovejoy and the older Mr. Lovejoy is his father.
Kendall teaches sixth grade and low seventh grade in the Geyserville school, has full charge of music and band there and had a piano class after school hours. Marjorie Ann, his sister, is a graduate of Armstrong College in Berkeley, and is working for the Berkeley Guarantee Savings & Loan Association.
Geyserville Press, Number 22, 27 February 1948
People in the News
...The week end and holiday was enjoyed at Fort Bragg by Kendall Lovejoy of the elementary school faculty....
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) Wed, Sep 28, 1949, Page 9
Kendall Wallace Lovejoy who has been vacationing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lovejoy, drove to Santa Rosa last Friday. He was accompanied by his cousin, Joe Clark. On Sunday Kendall will leave for Geyserville where he will resume his position as music instructor in a school there.
Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar, Number 33, 12 May 1950
Varied Musical Features Are on Program of Musicale Tonight
... Local participants include the High School and Elementary School Bands, under the direction of Robert Lockhart and Kendall Lovejoy; and Leslie Lowrey, minister of the Christian Church, who plays second violin with the Sonoma County Symphony Orchestra. ...
Geyserville Press, Number 36, 2 June 1950
People in the News
Members of the Geyserville Grammar school band and other students attended the Young Peoples Symphony in Santa Rosa Thursday accompanied by their leader, Kendall Lovejoy.
Press Democrat, Volume 93, Number 201, 16 June 1950
25 PUPILS GRADUATE
GEYSERVILLE, June 14 --- Geyserville Union Elementary School will graduate 25 pupils today in evening ceremonies at the school.
... The elementary school band, under the direction of Kendall Lovejoy, will provide music for the exercises. Two numbers will be sung by a chorus composed of the members of the graduating class. ...
Press Democrat, 5 March 1951
Orchestra Plays at Healdsburg
..... One Healdsburg man played viola with the orchestra. He is Kendall Lovejoy, "former teacher in Geyserville Elementary School. ...
Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar, Number 16, 8 January 1953
Many Guests at The John Roses
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Rose has been filled with quests recently.
.... Sunday evening, Kendall Lovejoy called on the Roses. He was on his way home to San Francisco after spending his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lovejoy of Covelo.
Press Democrat, 18 December 1960
36 girls from the Cook Junior High School choir express traditional holiday cheer in their Yuletide program presented for the PTA and their classmates. Under the leadership of Eugene Shepard, music director, and Kendall Lovejoy, voice instructor, the choir joined the band and orchestra in 17 selections concluding with the inspirational "Lord's Prayer."
Press Democrat, 13 May 1964
18 Santa Rosa Schools Entering Friday Concert
...The All City Junior High School Chorus will be under the direction of Jean Spalding,
Kendall Lovejoy and A. G. Schmaltz. ...
Press Democrat, 13 December 1964
PTA Activities
Cook Junior High School Parent - Teacher Association will sponsor its annual Christmas program at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the school gymnasium, with Mrs. Homer Harris presiding. Theme of the occasion will he We Can Make Such Beautiful Music.
The Yuletide concert will feature the chorus, orchestra and band in stereophonic sound, under the direction of Eugene Shepherd and Kendall Lovejoy of the music department. Patrick Gallagher and his advanced art class will do the scenes and decorations.
...
Press Democrat, 12 May 1965
12 Junior High Teachers Awarded Study Grants
.... Kendall Lovejoy, Cook Junior High School, English at Chico State College. ...
Press Democrat, Volume 112, Number 46, 15 December 1968
... The concert will begin at 8 p.m. and will include students of the chorus, concert orchestra and concert band under the direction of Eugene Shepherd and Mrs. Jennifer Jones. Kendall Lovejoy will be narrator.
Press Democrat, Volume 118, Number 133, 4 April 1975
Another musical event will be the fourth in the current series of jazz concerts and dances sponsored by Santa Rosa Musicians Union Local 292 and participating union business establishments. It is set for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Empire Room of Santa Rosa's Flamingo Hotel and will featuring music by the Jack Murphy Dixieland Band.
The band, which performs only traditional Dixieland jazz, features Murphy on clarinet. Bob Norman on trombone, Manhy Linares on bass, Nick Bardos on trumpet, Dick Norcross on drums and Ken Lovejoy, piano. A $1 donation will be requested at the door.
Press Democrat, Volume 124, Number 140, 6 April 1981
Festival tinged with gloom [pg 1]
Festival
...
Capturing the theme for the annual Fishermen's Festival, live bands rode in boats during the parade.
The one that included a piano, played by skipper Ken Lovejoy, jazzed the judges and took the top award. Lovejoy's "Pallas Athena" was the Sweepstakes award winner and also was voted the boat that best followed the theme.
Lovejoy was the leader of a five-piece Dixieland Band that floated by the judges with --- compliments of the sponsoring Index Printing Co. --- giant replicas of jazz instruments hanging from the mast and lines.
And while the "Athena" and other boats blared New Orleans-style music, other boats carried "Mardi Gras"-style dancers, poker games, party favors and even Bourbon Street buildings.
...
Petaluma Argus Courier, Volume 131, Number 176, 12 March 1986
The Petaluma Municipal Band rehearsed upstairs in an old building downtown
At the PPSC's tea dance, he'll have saxophone and clarinet player Glenn Blair, who played for 20 years in Las Vegas and on the road; Ken Lovejoy on piano, who's performed for years in San Francisco and Sonoma County; Tony Bencivenga, a veteran of San Francisco and New York, on bass; SRJC percussion instructor Michael Brandeburg on drums; and Scott Hale, also a Sonoma County musician and veteran of the road, on guitar. ..
I think maybe Ken started in the 2nd or 3rd grade. I skipped the second as the 1st and 2nd were together so being as nosey as I am I listened to what the 2nd was doing. "Ha"! I always had to compete with Ken who always came in 1st on tests and another girl Aurella Begley who was 2nd and I always was 3rd."
Oak Leaf, Volume XXII, Number 16, 7 March 1947 [Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California]
Mad Musicians; Mad Music By BARBARA ELLIS
... Yours truly believes in giving credit where credit is due. Orchids to our “child prodigy” Ken Lovejoy who came up with a terrific arrangement of “Laura”. From all reports —it’s tops. .....
Press Democrat, Volume 91, Number 211, 3 September 1947
Third Summer Band Concert Tomorrow in Howarth Park
Hundreds of band music enthusiasts are expected to fill Howarth Park at 7:30 tomorrow night to hear the third concert by the Santa Rosa Municipal Band.
Featured musicians on the program will be Eddie Venturi, tenor, and Trumpeters Irvie Cantweil and Ken Lovejoy. The band will be directed by Harris Wilson with Howard Gordon handling the master-of-ceremonies chores.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) Jan 23, 1948, Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lovejoy and son Kendall of Santa Rosa arrived about noon last Saturday for a weekend visit with relatives in Covelo, Vinson English and Shirley English in town and the Judge Clarke family and Mr. Lovejoy just out of town. Mr. and Mrs. Vinson English are Mrs. Bob Lovejoy's parents and Shirley English is her brother. Mrs. Clarke is a sister of Bob Lovejoy and the older Mr. Lovejoy is his father.
Kendall teaches sixth grade and low seventh grade in the Geyserville school, has full charge of music and band there and had a piano class after school hours. Marjorie Ann, his sister, is a graduate of Armstrong College in Berkeley, and is working for the Berkeley Guarantee Savings & Loan Association.
Geyserville Press, Number 22, 27 February 1948
People in the News
...The week end and holiday was enjoyed at Fort Bragg by Kendall Lovejoy of the elementary school faculty....
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) Wed, Sep 28, 1949, Page 9
Kendall Wallace Lovejoy who has been vacationing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lovejoy, drove to Santa Rosa last Friday. He was accompanied by his cousin, Joe Clark. On Sunday Kendall will leave for Geyserville where he will resume his position as music instructor in a school there.
Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar, Number 33, 12 May 1950
Varied Musical Features Are on Program of Musicale Tonight
... Local participants include the High School and Elementary School Bands, under the direction of Robert Lockhart and Kendall Lovejoy; and Leslie Lowrey, minister of the Christian Church, who plays second violin with the Sonoma County Symphony Orchestra. ...
Geyserville Press, Number 36, 2 June 1950
People in the News
Members of the Geyserville Grammar school band and other students attended the Young Peoples Symphony in Santa Rosa Thursday accompanied by their leader, Kendall Lovejoy.
Press Democrat, Volume 93, Number 201, 16 June 1950
25 PUPILS GRADUATE
GEYSERVILLE, June 14 --- Geyserville Union Elementary School will graduate 25 pupils today in evening ceremonies at the school.
... The elementary school band, under the direction of Kendall Lovejoy, will provide music for the exercises. Two numbers will be sung by a chorus composed of the members of the graduating class. ...
Press Democrat, 5 March 1951
Orchestra Plays at Healdsburg
..... One Healdsburg man played viola with the orchestra. He is Kendall Lovejoy, "former teacher in Geyserville Elementary School. ...
Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar, Number 16, 8 January 1953
Many Guests at The John Roses
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Rose has been filled with quests recently.
.... Sunday evening, Kendall Lovejoy called on the Roses. He was on his way home to San Francisco after spending his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lovejoy of Covelo.
Press Democrat, 18 December 1960
36 girls from the Cook Junior High School choir express traditional holiday cheer in their Yuletide program presented for the PTA and their classmates. Under the leadership of Eugene Shepard, music director, and Kendall Lovejoy, voice instructor, the choir joined the band and orchestra in 17 selections concluding with the inspirational "Lord's Prayer."
Press Democrat, 13 May 1964
18 Santa Rosa Schools Entering Friday Concert
...The All City Junior High School Chorus will be under the direction of Jean Spalding,
Kendall Lovejoy and A. G. Schmaltz. ...
Press Democrat, 13 December 1964
PTA Activities
Cook Junior High School Parent - Teacher Association will sponsor its annual Christmas program at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the school gymnasium, with Mrs. Homer Harris presiding. Theme of the occasion will he We Can Make Such Beautiful Music.
The Yuletide concert will feature the chorus, orchestra and band in stereophonic sound, under the direction of Eugene Shepherd and Kendall Lovejoy of the music department. Patrick Gallagher and his advanced art class will do the scenes and decorations.
...
Press Democrat, 12 May 1965
12 Junior High Teachers Awarded Study Grants
.... Kendall Lovejoy, Cook Junior High School, English at Chico State College. ...
Press Democrat, Volume 112, Number 46, 15 December 1968
... The concert will begin at 8 p.m. and will include students of the chorus, concert orchestra and concert band under the direction of Eugene Shepherd and Mrs. Jennifer Jones. Kendall Lovejoy will be narrator.
Press Democrat, Volume 118, Number 133, 4 April 1975
Another musical event will be the fourth in the current series of jazz concerts and dances sponsored by Santa Rosa Musicians Union Local 292 and participating union business establishments. It is set for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Empire Room of Santa Rosa's Flamingo Hotel and will featuring music by the Jack Murphy Dixieland Band.
The band, which performs only traditional Dixieland jazz, features Murphy on clarinet. Bob Norman on trombone, Manhy Linares on bass, Nick Bardos on trumpet, Dick Norcross on drums and Ken Lovejoy, piano. A $1 donation will be requested at the door.
Press Democrat, Volume 124, Number 140, 6 April 1981
Festival tinged with gloom [pg 1]
Festival
...
Capturing the theme for the annual Fishermen's Festival, live bands rode in boats during the parade.
The one that included a piano, played by skipper Ken Lovejoy, jazzed the judges and took the top award. Lovejoy's "Pallas Athena" was the Sweepstakes award winner and also was voted the boat that best followed the theme.
Lovejoy was the leader of a five-piece Dixieland Band that floated by the judges with --- compliments of the sponsoring Index Printing Co. --- giant replicas of jazz instruments hanging from the mast and lines.
And while the "Athena" and other boats blared New Orleans-style music, other boats carried "Mardi Gras"-style dancers, poker games, party favors and even Bourbon Street buildings.
...
Petaluma Argus Courier, Volume 131, Number 176, 12 March 1986
The Petaluma Municipal Band rehearsed upstairs in an old building downtown
At the PPSC's tea dance, he'll have saxophone and clarinet player Glenn Blair, who played for 20 years in Las Vegas and on the road; Ken Lovejoy on piano, who's performed for years in San Francisco and Sonoma County; Tony Bencivenga, a veteran of San Francisco and New York, on bass; SRJC percussion instructor Michael Brandeburg on drums; and Scott Hale, also a Sonoma County musician and veteran of the road, on guitar. ..
Events
| Birth | 24 Jul 1928 | Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 24 Jul 1957 | San Mateo, California, United States - Living | | | |
| Death | 19 Feb 1992 | Sebastopol, Sonoma, California, United States | | | |
| Burial | 25 Apr 1993 | Pacific Ocean |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Steven Robert Lovejoy (1958 - 2001) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Robert Tormey "Bob" Lovejoy (1899 - 1976) |
| Mother | Anna Francis English (1906 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
Last Name First Name Middle Date Sex Mother CountyLOVEJOY KENDALL WALLACE 07/24/1928 MALE ENGLISH MENDOCINO
Marriage
or Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, United StatesDeath
Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN AgeLOVEJOY KENDALL WALLACE 07/24/1928 ENGLISH M CALIFORNIA SONOMA 02/19/1992 565-34-7764 63 years
LOVEJOY, Kendall Wallace - Died at his home on Wednesday, February 19, 1992 after a two month fight with cancer. Age 63 years. He was raised in Covelo, California, and completed his education at San Francisco State College where he received his Masters Degree in Education and Music. Ken served in the Army, taught in the San Joaquin Valley and eventually settled with his family in Sonoma County. He taught Music and English for Santa Rosa Schools for several years. Throughout his life he played various instruments, settling on the keyboard with the Bob Norman Band. Following his teaching career he built a boat and became a Commercial Fisherman out of Bodgea Bay. He is survived by his wife, Christy, their two sons and their families; Steven and his wife Elise, and their children Colin and Maryssa of Sebastopol; David and his wife Andrea, and their daughter Danielle of Concord. Other survivors include Aunt Hattie Clarke of Covelo and his two sisters Marjorie Ann Prouty of Santa Rosa and Imogene Saunders of Sacramento.
Friends are invited to attend memorial services on Saturday, February 29, 1992 at 12:00 p.m. at the Sebastopol Community Church, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy. North, Sebastopol. Private inurnment. Memorial contributions may be made to Home Hospice of Sonoma County, 131 Stony Cir., Suite 1500, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 or to the charity of your choice. Arrangements under the direction of the PLEASANT HILL-ANALY O'LEARY MORTUARY, 1700 Pleasant Hill Road, Sebastopol, CA.
Endnotes
1. Rootsweb, California Birth Records database. (http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi).
2. "California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959," database, Ancestry.com (: accessed 3 October 2020), Kendall W Lovejoy & Lenore M Christianso; citing California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records—Vitalsearch.
3. California Death Records, Rootsweb.com online [http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi], accessed 2008-2012.