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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas, June 29, 2005: Visitation for Claude F. (Kirk) Kirkpatrick, 86, of Levelland will be from 6 until 8 p.m. tonight, June 29, 2005, at George Price Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 2, at the Maypearl Cemetery in Maypearl. Arrangements are by George Price Funeral Home in Levelland. Kirk was born Nov. 8, 1918 on a farm near Maypearl to Glover and Mary Kirkpatrick. He was the sixth of eight children. He graduated from Maypearl High School in 1936 and attended Trinity University for one year. He served in the Navy during WWII aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Benham. He received five battle stars, including service at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the war, he worked in the automotive repair trade for 24 years. In 1969, he was the first instructor of Diesel and Automotive Mechanics at South Plains College in Levelland. He retired from SPC in 1984. He lived in Cloudcroft, N.M. for five years, returning to Levelland in 1990. Kirk enjoyed gardening and carpentry until his health forced him to give up these activities, and he was always ready for a game of dominoes or "42". Survivors include two sons, Mike and wife Laura of Lubbock, and Steve and wife Toni of Longview; a daughter, Kathy and husband Bill Sieling of Coppell; grandchildren, Kellye and Steven Kirkpatrick, Zach, Kirk, and Bethany Sieling, and Kasey and Zane Kirkpatrick; and a special friend, Jo Waters of Whitharral. Memorials may be sent to the Littlefield Senior Citizens Center in Littlefield.

Birth	8 Nov 1918	Maypearl, Ellis Co., Texas
Marriage	Abt 1939	Vernice Turner
Marriage	25 Jun 1949	Elsie Mae "Masie" Ward
Divorce	1 Nov 1993	Hockley Co., Texas - Elsie Mae "Masie" Ward
Death	28 Jun 2005	Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas
Burial		Maypearl Cemetery, Maypearl, Ellis Co., Texas

Spouse	Vernice Turner (1921 - )
Child	Gertrude Ackerman Kirkpatrick (1942 - )

Spouse	Elsie Mae "Masie" Ward (1922 - 2003)
Child	James "Michael" Kirkpatrick (1951 - )
Child	Kathryn A. "Kathy" Kirkpatrick (1953 - )
Child	Steven Ward Kirkpatrick (1955 - )

Father	Glover Benjamin Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1968)
Mother	Mary F. Teafatiller (1883 - 1972)
Sibling	Lucile Kirkpatrick (1909 - 1994)
Sibling	Tiny Irene Kirkpatrick (1910 - 1979)
Sibling	Joe Wallace Kirkpatrick (1913 - 2000)
Sibling	May Aline Kirkpatrick (1914 - 1947)
Sibling	Dorris M. Kirkpatrick (1917 - 2000)
Sibling	James Glover Kirkpatrick (1920 - 1942)
Sibling	Bill Tom Kirkpatrick (1922 - 2005)