KENNETH DAHL

KENNETH DAHL of Kelso, WA died July 30, 2019 at the age of 84. He owned and operated seven funerals homes and four cemeteries throughout his 62 year career as a licensed funeral director in the Southwest Washington area. In 1957 he began washing cars at a local funeral home before moving to Kelso in 1957 to work for Dahl-McVicker Funeral Home. In 1967 he became a partner in the business along with Glenn York. Dahl sold the business to a Canadian group in 1989 but bought it back in 2000. A graduate of Cypress Mortuary College, he served as a member and board president of the Washington State Funeral Directors Association. Dahl was named as the organization's Funeral Director of the Year in 2006.