1926
John
2013
John Kirkpatrick Jr
May 1, 1926 — February 7, 2013
Funeral services for John Robert “Bob” Kirkpatrick age 86 of Kremlin will be 2:00 pm Tuesday February 12, 2013 at the Ladusau-Evans Chapel with Rev. Lesly Broadbent and Jim Harvey officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Family will receive friends Monday evening from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the funeral home.
Bob was born May 1, 1926 to John Robert and Elizabeth Belt Kirkpatrick in Nevada, Missouri and passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013 in the Greenbrier Skilled Nursing Center. At an early age the family moved to Cedaredge, CO. where he attended school until he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in July 1943. He served 2 years in the South Pacific and attained the rank of Coxswain before his discharge on April 11, 1946.
On April 18, 1946 he married Margie Langston in Grand Junction, CO. They lived in Orange, CA for almost a year and on February 21, 1949, they moved to Kremlin, where they still reside. They had one daughter born to this union. He was employed by F.W. Zaloudek for 28 years and Dowell for 10 years when he retired.
He was active in the community and school affairs. He was active in the Masonic Lodge and Shrine Club in Enid where he was to be President the following year when family illness forced him to withdraw his position, where he received his 50 year pens 2001. He was a member of Methodist Church in Kremlin, was a charter member of the Kremlin Lions Club.
After his retirement he and Margie were what many referred to as Snow Birds, having spent 6 months each winter in the Corpus Christie, TX area.
Survivors include his wife Margie of the home, his daughter Janet and her husband Dave Bittle, their 3 children Kimberly and husband Rafael Larin, their two sons Myles and Colby of Glendale, California, Dusty and his wife Tracy Bittle, their two children, Karlee and Kass of Kremlin, Shannan Bittle and Cathy O’Dell of Wagoner, OK, a brother, Douglas Kirkpatrick and his three sons, Tim and his wife Dana and family, Bobbie, and Sean, brother Howard Kirkpatrick and wife Jackie of Palo Cedro, California and their daughters Kelly, Pam, Valerie, and Jennifer and their families all of California, a sister Betty Jo Tennant and her two daughters Gaylene Owens and her family Alex and Ashley of Enid, LeAnne Cox and her husband Phillip of Little Rock, Arkansas and a host of family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Darrell.
Memorials may be made to Shriners Cripple Children Fund or Kremlin Methodist Church with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodians of the funds.
For those unable to attend the service may view the service at www.ladusauevans.com
. Condolence may be made online at www.ladusauevans.com
.
Bob was born May 1, 1926 to John Robert and Elizabeth Belt Kirkpatrick in Nevada, Missouri and passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013 in the Greenbrier Skilled Nursing Center. At an early age the family moved to Cedaredge, CO. where he attended school until he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in July 1943. He served 2 years in the South Pacific and attained the rank of Coxswain before his discharge on April 11, 1946.
On April 18, 1946 he married Margie Langston in Grand Junction, CO. They lived in Orange, CA for almost a year and on February 21, 1949, they moved to Kremlin, where they still reside. They had one daughter born to this union. He was employed by F.W. Zaloudek for 28 years and Dowell for 10 years when he retired.
He was active in the community and school affairs. He was active in the Masonic Lodge and Shrine Club in Enid where he was to be President the following year when family illness forced him to withdraw his position, where he received his 50 year pens 2001. He was a member of Methodist Church in Kremlin, was a charter member of the Kremlin Lions Club.
After his retirement he and Margie were what many referred to as Snow Birds, having spent 6 months each winter in the Corpus Christie, TX area.
Survivors include his wife Margie of the home, his daughter Janet and her husband Dave Bittle, their 3 children Kimberly and husband Rafael Larin, their two sons Myles and Colby of Glendale, California, Dusty and his wife Tracy Bittle, their two children, Karlee and Kass of Kremlin, Shannan Bittle and Cathy O’Dell of Wagoner, OK, a brother, Douglas Kirkpatrick and his three sons, Tim and his wife Dana and family, Bobbie, and Sean, brother Howard Kirkpatrick and wife Jackie of Palo Cedro, California and their daughters Kelly, Pam, Valerie, and Jennifer and their families all of California, a sister Betty Jo Tennant and her two daughters Gaylene Owens and her family Alex and Ashley of Enid, LeAnne Cox and her husband Phillip of Little Rock, Arkansas and a host of family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Darrell.
Memorials may be made to Shriners Cripple Children Fund or Kremlin Methodist Church with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodians of the funds.
For those unable to attend the service may view the service at www.ladusauevans.com
. Condolence may be made online at www.ladusauevans.com
.
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