Kenton Wade Wills age 63 passed away at 3 a.m. on Thursday Nov. 12th, 2015 at his home in Lakeview, Oregon, with his loving wife Heidi of 24 years by his side. Kenton had fought a very hard 3 year long battle with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Pancreatic Cancer.
Kenton and his identical twin Brother Kevin were born on May 25th 1952 in Scotia, CA to Robert W. and Wanda V (Wade) Wills. Kenton and Kevin were the very best of friends from that day forward. At the age of 8, Kenton and his family packed up their belongings and moved to Red Bluff, CA for their Father's career as a CHP Officer. During the summer months to escape Red Bluff's hot summer days their Mother would pack up her 4 childrens camping gear and head for the cool mountain air at Lassen National Park. There Kenton and Kevin would spend the entire summer exploring the park and fishing. It was his love of the great outdoors and spending so many summers camping at the park and other campgrounds in the area that Kenton decided he wanted to be a Wildland Firefighter. At the age of 17 Kenton was offered a job at CDF's (CALFIRE) Tehama-Glenn Ranger unit in Red Bluff, as a Wildland Firefighter. In 1970 Kenton graduated from Red Bluff Union High School. He also attended Shasta Community College where he's studies revolved around fire science. On June 21, 1972 he was drafted into the US Army and stationed at Schofield Army Base in Hawaii as Specialist 4 firefighter. He was honorable discharged from the U.S. Army on June 18th 1974. He received the National Defense Medal for Expert Rifleman.
In Nov. 1979 Kenton married Constance M. and they had two children Kristy and Pennie whom he loved dearly. Their marriage ended in divorce. Kenton quit fighting fire to be closer to his family, he worked for a few different logging companies around the Red Bluff area, He also worked at Wetter Juvenile Hall as a Counselor, Diamond International and The Peppermill Casino in Reno, NV as a slot mechanic. In May of 1990 Kenton decided to get back into fighting wildland fire. He accepted a job on the Mendocino National Forest stationed out of Paskenta, Ca and that is where he met the love of his life, Heidi Kuxhausen. They were married in 1992 in Reno, NV. Kenton and Heidi left Red Bluff in 1997 to pursue Kenton's career in Fire. They moved to Mesa Verde National Park after 2 months at the park he was offered a job at the National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho as a dispatcher. From there Kenton accepted a job with the Bureau of Land Mangement (BLM) in Yuma. AZ as a dispatcher to get his pernament status. Then on to Winnemucca, NV where he accepted the job as lead dispatcher for the BLM. To further his career he applied for a job in Lakeview, OR as the Lakeview Interagency Fire Center's (LIFC) U.S. Forest Service Dispatch Assistant Center Manager which he began in Nov 2002 and finally he became the BLM's Center Manager at LIFC in June of 2005 until he was forced to retire in Feb. 2014 due to illiness.
Kenton enjoyed life to the fullest, never a dull moment around this incredible man. He enjoyed fighting wildland fires, hunting, fishing, especially the Sacramento river with his friend Peto, houseboating on Shasta Lake, camping, buck cruises, back country road trips, gold mining, rock hounding and of course his family.
He was preceded in death by His Mother Wanda V. (Wade) Wills, Father Robert W. Wills, Sister Teri B. (Wills) Cowan, Brother in Law Zane. 
Kenton is survived by his Wife Heidi Wills, his beloved Brother Kevin Wills (Linda) of Herlong, CA , Sister Jeri Cairns (Tom), Daughters Kristy (Tony), Pennie, Granddaughter Josie all of Red Bluff, CA.  He also leaves behind his Brother in Law, Larry Cowan of Shingletown, CA. 1 Nephew and numerous Nieces, Father in Law Harold (Sharon) of Crescent City, CA, Mother in law Joyce of Hayward, CA and stepson Ron of Shasta Lake, CA
Per Kenton's request there will be no services. A Celebration of life will be announced at a later time to be held in Lakeview, OR.
Contributions can be made to:  The Wildland Firefighter Foundation 2049 Airport Way, Boise ID 83705  http://wffoundation.org/ or Pancreatic Cancer Research OHSU Foundation Mail Stop 45 P.O. Box 4000 Portland, OR 97208-9852 

Kenton's Father Robert "Bob" Wayne Wills, passed away on August 10th, 2015 at the age of 87.

Kenton and his siblings were raised by a very loving mother.  He was the man he was because of this amazing woman.  Wanda Virgie (Wade) Wills passed away on Feb. 6th, 1991 at her home in Red Bluff, CA at the age of 65.

If it wasn't for these two parents;  Robert Wayne and Wanda Virgie (Wade) Wills, Kenton would have not existed, for them I am truly grateful, for I was the luckiest gal in the world to have spent so many awesome years with my sweet husband who was my soulmate, my best friend, my life.... my everything.  Thank you both for the wonderful gift I had in my life for so many years, just wish it could of lasted another quarter of a century or so.