Name of Deceased: William Edward “Ed” Kirk
Date of Death: February 5, 2012
Place of Death: Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas
Date of Birth: October 6, 1922 at Kansas City, Kansas
Parents Name: William G. & Shirley M. (King) Kirk
OBITUARY INFORMATION
Married Margaret A. Schweder August 22, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas. They were married 56 years, until her passing on November 11, 2005.
He retired in 1987 as general manager of Great Bend Commonwealth Theatres and was a former manager of theatres in Hoisington, Pratt, Liberal, and Lawrence. In Missouri he managed theatres in Monett, Columbia, Sedalia, and Springfield. He was a former owner and operator of Leon’s Drive-In and Ice Cream Manufacturing Plant, Pratt.
Mr. Kirk relocated to Great Bend from Pratt in 1972.
He was a United States Army Air Force veteran, serving 3-1/2 years during World War II in the Asiatic-Pacific and American Theatres of Operation.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend Rotary Club for more than fifty years, sustaining member of the Rotary Foundation, American Legion Argonne Post 180 where he formerly was finance officer and member of the Executive Committee, American State Bank American Eagle Club Advisory Council, Great Bend Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Central Kansas, Legacy Society Member of the Golden Belt Community Foundation, and the Carl Aaron Swenson Heritage Society at Bethany College, Lindsborg and was a former member of United Motion Picture Association of Kansas and Missouri, former member of Miss Kansas Pageant Production Staff.
SURVIVORS
Three Daughters: Jo Lynne Moore and husband Douglas of Prairie Village, KS
Dana Sue Zessin of Omaha, NE
Sara Jo Oberle and husband Curtis of Kansas City, KS
Three Grandsons: Andrew Moore, Charles Moore, and Zachary Zessin
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Dru Anne Kirk in 1981.
SERVICE INFORMATION
Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend
Officiant: The Reverend James A. Strasen
Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas with military rites by Fort Riley Honor Guard
Visitation: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 10, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home
Memorial Fund: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Trinity Lutheran Church, in care of Bryant Funeral Home
Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net
Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home 1425 Patton Road Great Bend, Kansas