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The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Wednesday, February 24, 2016: Kirkpatrick, Shirley Morehouse Passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at the Mendocino Coast Memorial Hospital in Fort Bragg, California. Shirley was born in Scotia, California on December 17, 1932, where her father was a Presbyterian minister. Her childhood was divided between Placerville and Healdsburg. After high school Shirley attended San Jose State. Shirley and Don, her husband, graduated together and received teaching credentials from UC Berkeley in 1954. She taught kindergarten and third grade for many years in Marin County, Winters, and Fort Bragg. In 1989 she retired and she and Don went to Saudi Arabia where she taught for another three years in the Saudi Arabian International Schools. The Kirkpatricks lived through their experience of a lifetime during Operation Desert Shield, and Desert Storm. She co-wrote with her husband the account of that experience in "Saudi Sojourn, a Dangerous Duty". She also co-wrote of her childhood in "The Party Line, Coming of Age in Healdsburg". Shirley retired once again in 1992. Shirley was a talented musician on the piano and sang in numerous choruses over the years. She taught piano lessons and instilled a love of music in her students. Shirley and Don were married in Healdsburg in 1953 and they have three grown daughters, four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter on the way. Shirley was the third of four Morehouse children. She is survived by her brother, Harold Morehouse with Suzy Sephapore; her sister, Margy with Dick Grable, and Carol with Dick Pierce; her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios; and brother-in-law, Robert Kirkpatrick with Kathleen Kane; and her husband, Don Kirkpatrick. A service honoring her life will be held at the Mendocino Presbyterian Church on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Food Bank in Fort Bragg.

Birth	7 Dec 1932	Scotia, Humboldt Co., California
Marriage	1 Feb 1953	Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California - Donald Lee Kirkpatrick
Death	21 Feb 2016	Fort Bragg, Mendocino Co., California
Burial		Unknown

Spouse	Donald Lee Kirkpatrick (1931 - 2018)
Child	Lynn Marie Kirkpatrick (1956 - )
Child	Laurie Ann Kirkpatrick (1958 - )
Child	Bonnie Jean Kirkpatrick (1961 - )