Lyndon Lloyd Schendel

Lyndon Lloyd Schendel, 91, Presbyterian minister, caring dad and avid outdoorsman, died at his residence at Waverly Gardens Presbyterian Home in North Oaks, Minn., on Saturday, July 28, 2012. Lyndon was born in Luverne, Minn., the fifth child of the Rev. Frederick William Schendel and Lydia Lavina Bathke Schendel. He graduated from North Central College and the Methodist Seminary in Naperville, Ill. Lyndon continued his studies in educational psychology and statistics at St. Thomas College in Minnesota. He was a Kiwanis and Rotary member and for many years served as a big brother to disadvantaged youth in his community. Reverend Schendel was the minister of Presbyterian churches in Austin, White Bear Lake and Cloquet, Minn., and Bay City, Mich. His ministry focused on youth programs. Each year he took the church youth groups on camping trips which were life-changing experiences for many of these young people.