Thomas J. Kirk

Thomas Kirk Visitation: 2-4 p.m and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, Gibson Funeral Home, Port Byron, Ill. MOLINE, Ill. -- Thomas J. Kirk, 59, Moline, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, at St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. Mr. Kirk was born June 3, 1947, in Baltimore, Md. He married Kathy Proctor on Oct. 6, 1995, in Rock Island, Ill. He retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years, having served two terms in Vietnam on the USS Boston CAG1. He was employed by Wacken-hut Security at John Deere Corporate Headquarters, Moline. He enjoyed watching sports on television. Survivors include his wife Kathy; sons, Brian Kirk, Portland, Ore. and Sean Kirk and wife Missy, stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; step daughters, Monica Connor and husband Jody, Muscatine and Holly Gauthier, Colfax, La., and Marsha Bellinger, at home; step sons, Russell Bellinger, Moscow, Ia., Scott Bellinger, Milan and Dustin Bellinger, Elpaso, Texas; three grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren; brothers, William Patrick Kirk and wife Jean, East Moline, Ill. and a sister, Christine Gehrung and husband Mark, West End, N.C. [more]

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