Bernice Kirkpatrick

Bernice Kirkpatrick DAVENPORT, Iowa - Bernice Kirkpatrick, 83, Davenport, formerly of Muscatine, died Oct. 6, at Genesis Medical Center, East Campus in Davenport following a brief illness. Funeral Service was on October 10, 2009, at the All Faith Chapel, Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Davenport. Visitation was on October 9, 2009, at the funeral home. Memorials can be made to Q.C. Paws, (Rock Island County Animal Shelter), Scott Co. Humane Society or a favorite charity of choice. Bernice was born on April 18, 1926, Davenport, a daughter of Ernest and Aurelia Friday Meyer. She married Jay E. Kirkpatrick on June 28, 1941, in Lancaster, Missouri. He preceded her in death on March 8, 2003. She was very proud of her heritage being a direct descendent from one of the first families to farm in Scott County. She was primarily a housewife and homemaker, lovingly raising her children. She enjoyed spending time with her family, crocheting, doing crossword puzzles, watching the Golden Girls and enjoying her new friends at Luther Crest. Survivors include her daughters and their spouses, Sandra Kendoll of Muscatine, Linda and...[more]

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onald Sawvell, of Davenport, Patricia and Stephen Mapley, Marilyn and Jim Swinburn, all of Coal Valley, Illinois, Dede Turner, and Susan and Don Speer, all of Davenport; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; her sisters-in-law, always thought more of as sisters, Marge Kirkpatrick, Sophia, North Carolina and Betty Kirkpatrick, Phoenix, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Ronald Kirkpatrick; a granddaughter, Sarah Holder; a son-in-law, Richard Kendoll; and sisters-in-law, Gloria Dannon and June Kirkpatrick.