Kilgore, Quentin Dale husband of Dorothy Irena (McKissick)

Burial Date: 2015, 08/01 Age: 87 Lot: 1113 D

US Navy WW2

STERLING — Quentin Dale Kilgore, 87, died July 28, 2015, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. He was born July 31, 1927, in Mullinville, the son of John and Ruth Burnett Kilgore.

A Sterling resident since 1955, moving from Mullinville, he was the principal of Midland and Union Two Schools and taught English for Sterling High School from 1966 to 1988. Quentin also did carpentry work around the Sterling area. Quentin graduated from Mullinville High School with the class of 1945 and later attended Sterling College, where he received his bachelor of education degree. He served in the U.S. Navy from May 4, 1945, to Dec. 20, 1946, attaining the rank of Fireman Second Class. He was a member and a deacon of Sterling Reformed Presbyterian Church, served two terms as mayor of Sterling, former member of the Sterling City Council and served on the Sterling Library board for many years.

On July 30, 1954, he married Irena McKissick in Glenwood, Iowa. Survivors include: wife, Irena of the home; son, Bill Kilgore and Andrea of Sterling; four daughters, Janet and Ken Fuller of Miltonvale, Kan., Barbara and Marty Viramontez of Wichita, Connie and Ken McWhirter of Moran, Kan., and Patricia and Mark Enoch of Topeka; brother, Robert and Nita Kilgore of Greensburg; two sisters, Shirley Brown of Fort Collins, Colo., and Sharon Rudd of Bucklin; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Harold Kilgore; and sister, Velma Kilgore.

Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Sterling Reformed Presbyterian Church, with Dr. Denny Prutow officiating. Burial will be held in Sterling Community Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m., with family present from 5 to 7 Friday, July 31, 2015, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling. Memorials may be made to Sterling Reformed Presbyterian Church or Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, in care of the funeral home.

Quentin Dale Kilgore

Birth	31 Jul 1927 Mullinville, Kiowa County, Kansas, USA
Death	28 Jul 2015 (aged 87) Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, USA
Burial	Sterling Cemetery Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, USA