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Wednesday, July 15, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituaries
Barbara June (Spiegel) Kennedy
Maisie Franz Duge
October 6, 1932 – July 1, 2020
August 7, 1922 — June 20, 2020
Barbara June (Spiegel)
Kennedy of Portland, died
July 1, 2020, age 87. Barbara
was born in McBain,
Michigan October 6, 1932,
the only child of Augustus
Charles Spiegel and Virginia
Cecelia (Masselink).
Barbara spent her child-
hood in Tiffin, Ohio, where
her father owned the Dodge
Plymouth agency and
her mother, who attended
Julliard in New York City
as an aspiring pianist, was a
homemaker.
Barbara graduated from
Denison University, major-
ing in business administra-
tion and psychology, and
was President of the Kappa
Kappa Gamma Sorority.
There she met the love of
her life and fellow student,
J.H. Spike Kennedy.
After graduating, Barbara
did market research for
Procter & Gamble until
they married on August 6,
1955 after Spike completed
his first two years of medi-
cal school at Ohio State
University.
They lived in Columbus
and Newark where Barbara
raised their family while
Spike finished his resi-
dency and became a general
practitioner.
They had four children:
boy, girl, boy, girl. Barbara
always said, <she planned it
that way.=
Barbara and Spike moved
to Portland in 1970, where
Spike became Medical
Director at the Rehabilitation
Institute of Oregon (RIO) of
Good Samaritan Hospital.
Always the good sport,
Barbara took the momentous
move in stride.
They rehabbed a ram-
bling house, formerly the
stables of the Wilcox Estate,
into a beautiful home with
extensive gardens.
She was President of the
RIO Guild, helping raise
thousands of dollars. One of
the most successful fundrais-
ers was Tahoe at Timberline.
She also hosted numer-
ous RIO events at their home
for the staff and patients.
They also enjoyed spend-
ing time at their beach house
on the Oregon Coast and
their cabin at Camp Sherman
on the Metolius River.
Barbara is remembered
for her beautiful smile,
ready laugh and generous
spirit. She loved being in her
kitchen cooking for family
and friends. Her grandchil-
dren adore her Christmas
cookies and chocolate birth-
day cake with homemade
caramel frosting.
Barbara is survived by
her beloved husband of 65
years, Dr. Spike Kennedy;
children Hal Kennedy
(Holly), Lori Kennedy
(Reynold Schweickhardt),
Sean Kennedy (Michael
Maisie Franz Duge was
born August 7, 1922, in
Nashville, Tennessee to
Lucile and Charles Franz,
the youngest of their four
children. She was raised and
educated in the south, earn-
ing a Master of Education
degree in a time when
women were not encouraged
to pursue higher learning.
In 1942 she married Karl
Duge, her childhood sweet-
heart and moved with him
to Santa Monica, California
where they both worked at
Douglas Aircraft to support
the war effort. In 1947, she
achieved what she described
as her <greatest accomplish-
ment,= bringing her son Zeke
into the world.
Maisie was a nation-
ally ranked sharpshooter, an
accomplished nautical navi-
gator, and a designer and
maker of custom sails. In
1985, she and Karl retired
to their 46-foot sailboat that
they built under Maisie9s
watchful eye and keen sense
of engineering. For 11 years
they cruised the Pacific
Coast from Mexico to San
Francisco, surviving hur-
ricanes and chubascos and
making many friends along
Hubbard), Tara Kennedy
Barton (Bruce Barton);
and seven grandchildren:
John Kennedy (Amanda
Moreland), Sarah Kennedy,
Anne Kennedy, Campbell
Schweickhardt, Katie
Schweickhardt, Demaree
Barton and Will Barton.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
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Project Portland, https://
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Martin Luther King Blvd.,
Portland, OR, 97232 or
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Everyone who had the
pleasure of knowing Maisie
described her as <amazing.=
As a staunch defender of fair
play and responsibility, she
was quick to support those
who needed encouragement
or assistance. She was kind,
witty, and had a polished
sense of humor with an
appreciation for the absurd.
She was a fiercely inde-
pendent lady who always
lived life to the fullest and
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her son Zeke and daughter-
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a large extended family.
Maisie touched many lives
and will be deeply missed by
her family and friends.
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