Individual Details
Thomas Franklin Kirkpatrick Jr.
(24 Jan 1921 - 22 Dec 1944)
Keokuk Daily Gate, Keokuk, Iowa, Friday, April 1, 1949, Page 19, Col. 5: Pvt. Kirkpatrick Funeral Sunday. Funeral service for Pvt. Thomas Kirkpatrick, who died of wounds in France, December 22, 1944, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday in DeJong's Funeral Home with the Rev. George H. Ramsey officiating.
Military rites will be conducted at the grave in the Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The body arrived in Keokuk Tuesday with Military escort.
The son of the late Thomas Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, he was born January 24, 1921, in Auburn, Nebr., and came to Keokuk with his parents at the age of two years. His education was received in the public schools of Keokuk.
In May of 1942 he enlisted in the U. S. Ordinance Division of the army and received his training in Aberdeen, Md. After spending a year in the Panama Canal Zone he returned to the United States to spend several months at Atlanta, Ga. Shipped overseas to England, he was then transferred to France and died in Ruone on December 22, 1944 of gunshot wounds.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatrick of Keokuk, a brother, William Kirkpatrick at home; and four sisters, Mrs. Goldie Cochenour, Mrs. Gladys Mardis, Mrs. Mildred South and Miss Hila Kirkpatrick, all of Keokuk. He was a member of the First Christian church.
Military rites will be conducted at the grave in the Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The body arrived in Keokuk Tuesday with Military escort.
The son of the late Thomas Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, he was born January 24, 1921, in Auburn, Nebr., and came to Keokuk with his parents at the age of two years. His education was received in the public schools of Keokuk.
In May of 1942 he enlisted in the U. S. Ordinance Division of the army and received his training in Aberdeen, Md. After spending a year in the Panama Canal Zone he returned to the United States to spend several months at Atlanta, Ga. Shipped overseas to England, he was then transferred to France and died in Ruone on December 22, 1944 of gunshot wounds.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatrick of Keokuk, a brother, William Kirkpatrick at home; and four sisters, Mrs. Goldie Cochenour, Mrs. Gladys Mardis, Mrs. Mildred South and Miss Hila Kirkpatrick, all of Keokuk. He was a member of the First Christian church.
Events
| Birth | 24 Jan 1921 | Auburn, Nemaha Co., Nebraska |  | ||
| Death | 22 Dec 1944 | World War II France | | ||
| Burial | Sunset Memorial Gardens, Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa | |
Families
| Father | Thomas Franklin Kirkpatrick (1887 - 1946) |
| Mother | Nellie Frances Ege (1889 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Goldie Frances Kirkpatrick (1911 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Gladys Evelyn Kirkpatrick (1914 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Mildred Anne Kirkpatrick (1919 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Hila May Kirkpatrick (1924 - ) |
| Sibling | William Weaver Kirkpatrick (1926 - 1992) |
Endnotes
1. David Hudson, Kirkpatrick Genealogy - #489.
2. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
3. Find A Grave.