Individual Details

Ray Burt (sometimes called Bertie Ray) Kirkpatrick was born 27 November 1890 in Seward County, Nebraska. On 3 July 1922 he married at Kimball, Kimball County, Nebraska, Theadora Ruff, daughter of Joseph Alonzo and Kitty Jane (Hobbs) Ruff, who was born 11 September 1903 in Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska.

In 1917, Ray filed on a homestead of 530 acres in Hooker County, Nebraska*, but after his marriage they lived in Denver, Colorado. In 1942 he was employed on the Manhattan Project in Hanford, Washington. His work included machining and setting the carbon blocks for the atomic reactors.

Ray died 3 June 1954 in Denver, Colorado, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Colorado. Theadora died 14 May 1979 in Denver, and is also buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.

There were two (2) children born of the marriage.

*Bureau of Land Management shows Ray B. Kirkpatrick issued land patent on 4/27/1917 in Hooker County, Nebraska, document number 07456, access serial 581747.

Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, February 12, 2018.

Birth	27 Dec 1890	Seward, Seward Co., Nebraska
Marriage	3 Jul 1922	Kimball, Kimball Co., Nebraska - Theadora Ruff
Death	3 Jun 1954	Denver, Denver Co., Colorado
Burial		Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co., Colorado

Spouse	Theadora Ruff (1903 - 1979)
Child	Raymond "Jack" Kirkpatrick (1924 - 2015)
Child	Howard Gordon Kirkpatrick (1927 - 2006)

Father	Perry Newton Kirkpatrick (1860 - 1919)
Mother	Elizabeth Jane Bennett (1858 - 1931)
Sibling	Alice Belle Kirkpatrick (1882 - 1942)
Sibling	James Monroe Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1886)
Sibling	Clara May Kirkpatrick (1887 - 1922)
Sibling	Louie Newton Kirkpatrick (1896 - 1979)
Sibling	Silva Mary Kirkpatrick (1899 - 1972)