LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Bee Laird Hylinski (Bee Kendall)

A memorial service will be held for Belinda "Bee" Laird Hylinski at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 at St. Stephens Church in Orinda. She was known to Moraga residents as Bee Kendall when she served on the town council alongside Margaret DePriester. She moved to Rossmoor with her husband Dr. Ralph Hylinski in 2015 where she joined the board of the Rossmoor Republican Club. She graduated from Vassar in 1963 and moved to the Bay Area in 1975. She obtained a law degree and an MBA in tax from Golden Gate University and practiced law for 17 years in Walnut Creek, specializing in tax, estate planning and probate law. After retiring in 1997 Bee became an artist and author. In 2012, she published "Contract Year: a Baseball Novel." She was totally devoted to the Oakland A's.

- Sophie Braccini, prepared with the help of Dick Olsen.