Dorothy Vivian Kirkpatrick
November 26, 1925 - May 7, 2009

Dorothy Vivian Kirkpatrick LONE TREE, Iowa - Dorothy Vivian Kirkpatrick, 83, of Lone Tree, died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, after a long battle with congestive heart failure. Funeral Service will be 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services, Lone Tree. Reverend Rick Crooks will officiate. Burial will be at the Lone Tree Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the funeral home with a 3:30 p.m. Eastern Star service. Memorials may be made to the Lone Tree Fire and Rescue in memory of Vivian. Dorothy was born on November 26, 1925, in Severn, Maryland, the daughter of Woodside Emory and Dorothy M. Taylor Warfield. She was a graduate of Glen Burnie High School in Maryland. She met John Lowry Kirkpatrick at Fort Meade, Maryland, while she was working as a base telephone operator. She married him on September 12, 1943, in Glen Burnie, Maryland. After moving to Iowa, she worked for Proctor and Gamble in Iowa City, retiring after 25 years of service. She was a member of Fern Leaf Chapter of the Eastern Star until they consolidated with Emma Beckman in Columbus Junction, finally joining Jessamine Chapter in Iowa City. While in Lone Tree, she held the office of Worthy Matron for 15 years, appointment as Grand Representative, two terms as Grand Chapter Committee Member for Grand Chapter of Iowa OES, more than 50 year member of T.T.T. and a charter member of the Lone Tree Women's Club. She enjoyed playing bridge, crossword puzzles, and reading, but most of all, she dearly loved to spend time with her family including her cats. She will be deeply missed by her five daughters, Lexie Kirkpatrick of Dows, Barbara Lips of Marion, Margaret Hahn and husband, Wendall, of Iowa City, Connie Nordstrom and husband, Fred, of Polk City, and Anna Emerson of Iowa City and Missouri; two grandchildren, Scott Lips and wife, Terri, and their daughter, Kaitie Panka, and Bill Nordstrom and wife, Marcella; step-granddaughter, Katie Downing and husband, Jay, and their son, Jace; and three great-grandchildren, Iylea Nordstrom, Lillian Nordstrom and Cullen Nordstrom. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Woody John Kirkpatrick; a son-in-law, Hank Emerson; a brother, Woodside Emory; and a sister, Mildred Shaeffer.

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