Individual Details
Clifford Kirkpatrick
(22 Oct 1898 - 11 Jan 1971)
Clifford, the eldest son of Edwin Asbury and Florence May (Clifford) Kirkpatrick was born at Fitchburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, 22 October 1898. He died 11 January 1971 in Indiana.
He married, first, Doris Katherine Upton on 8 June 1927. He married a second time to Marjorie Dietz on 30 Jun 1939. Marjorie died 14 May 1957. He married third to Mazelle Van Cleave, 24 April 1959.
Clifford took an A.B. at Clark College in 1920, an A.M. at Clark University, and a Ph.D at the University of Pennsylvania in 1925. He held various teaching positions at Clark University, Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania. He was an associate professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and a professor of sociology at Indiana University. In 1936-37 he had a Guggenheim research fellowship in Germany. In World War I he was a private in the U.S. strategic bombing survey in 1945. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross in 1918.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Clifford was a prolific author, turning out a large number of works in his chosen field of sociology. Among them: "Capital Punishment (1925)", "Religion in Human Affairs (1926)", "Nazi Germany, It's Women and Family Life (1938)", "What Science Says About Happiness In Marriage (1947)", and "The Family as Process and Institution (1955, rev. 1963)".
Clifford Kirkpatrick was a contributor to professional journals of sociology and member of a number of professional societies and associations. He made his home in Bloomington, Indiana.
There was one child born of the first marriage; and two children born of the second marriage.
Clifford a sociologist at Minnesota and Indiana Universities. Source: Lyllis Brown.
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Bloomington Herald-Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, January 12. 1971: [A very lengthy obituary which covered most of his accomplishments as above. The eleventh paragraph contains family information.]
Survivors are the wife, Mazelle; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Paterson of Rye, N. H., and Miss Meredith Kirkpatrick of Bloomington; a son, Laird, of Eugene, Ore.; a brother, Ralph of Guilford, Conn.; two sisters, Miss Alice Kirkpatrick of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Marian Hoskins of Leominster, Mass.; two grandchildren. The body will be cremated and a memorial service will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Day Mortuary. The family has suggested that friends who wish may make memorial contributions to the Indiana University Foundation for Cancer Research at the IU Medical Center in Indianapolis.
He married, first, Doris Katherine Upton on 8 June 1927. He married a second time to Marjorie Dietz on 30 Jun 1939. Marjorie died 14 May 1957. He married third to Mazelle Van Cleave, 24 April 1959.
Clifford took an A.B. at Clark College in 1920, an A.M. at Clark University, and a Ph.D at the University of Pennsylvania in 1925. He held various teaching positions at Clark University, Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania. He was an associate professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and a professor of sociology at Indiana University. In 1936-37 he had a Guggenheim research fellowship in Germany. In World War I he was a private in the U.S. strategic bombing survey in 1945. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross in 1918.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Clifford was a prolific author, turning out a large number of works in his chosen field of sociology. Among them: "Capital Punishment (1925)", "Religion in Human Affairs (1926)", "Nazi Germany, It's Women and Family Life (1938)", "What Science Says About Happiness In Marriage (1947)", and "The Family as Process and Institution (1955, rev. 1963)".
Clifford Kirkpatrick was a contributor to professional journals of sociology and member of a number of professional societies and associations. He made his home in Bloomington, Indiana.
There was one child born of the first marriage; and two children born of the second marriage.
Clifford a sociologist at Minnesota and Indiana Universities. Source: Lyllis Brown.
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Bloomington Herald-Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, January 12. 1971: [A very lengthy obituary which covered most of his accomplishments as above. The eleventh paragraph contains family information.]
Survivors are the wife, Mazelle; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Paterson of Rye, N. H., and Miss Meredith Kirkpatrick of Bloomington; a son, Laird, of Eugene, Ore.; a brother, Ralph of Guilford, Conn.; two sisters, Miss Alice Kirkpatrick of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Marian Hoskins of Leominster, Mass.; two grandchildren. The body will be cremated and a memorial service will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Day Mortuary. The family has suggested that friends who wish may make memorial contributions to the Indiana University Foundation for Cancer Research at the IU Medical Center in Indianapolis.
Events
| Birth | 22 Oct 1898 | Fitchburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts | |||
| Birth | 22 Oct 1898 | Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |  | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Fitchburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts | | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA | | ||
| Marriage | 8 Jun 1927 | Doris Katherine Upton | | ||
| Marriage | 8 Jun 1927 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania - Doris Katherine Upton | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA | | ||
| Marriage | 30 Jun 1939 | Monroe Co., Indiana - Marjorie Dietz | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Apr 1959 | Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana - Mazelle Van Cleave | | ||
| Death | 11 Jan 1971 | Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana | |||
| Death | 11 Jan 1971 | Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana | | ||
| Burial | remated; Death record states buried in Indianapolis Cemetery | | |||
| Residence | United States of America | |
Families
| Spouse | Doris Katherine Upton (1902 - 1984) |
| Child | Judith K. Kirkpatrick (1936 - ) |
| Spouse | Marjorie Dietz (1913 - 1957) |
| Child | Meredith Kay Kirkpatrick (1942 - 2013) |
| Child | Laird Clifford Kirkpatrick (1943 - 2013) |
| Spouse | Mazelle Van Cleave (1927 - 2013) |
| Father | Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1862 - 1937) |
| Mother | Florence May Clifford (1872 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Marion Myrna Kirkpatrick (1896 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Alice May Kirkpatrick (1902 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Ralph Leonard Kirkpatrick (1911 - 1984) |
Endnotes
4. Compiled by Lyllis W. Brown, Topeka, Kansas.
7. Ancestry.com.
10. Obituary of Clifford Kirkpatrick, Bloomington Herald-Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, January 12. 1971.