Dena Kirk, 87, passed away on, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at Trinity Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Frances "Dena" Wydena Tipton was born on August 22, 1932 in Del City, Iowa; she was the daughter of Charles and Mildred (Garwood) Tipton. Dena attended school in the area of her birth. On October 4, 1969 Dena was united in marriage to James Alfred Kirk in Omaha, Nebraska and they had lived in Des Moines their entire married lives. She had worked for the Arnold Clothing Store and later worked at Hy Vee for 30 plus years. She had been a member of the Rebekah Lodge and Bloomfield Methodist Church. Dena enjoyed cooking and was a great cook, gardening, sewing, her flowers, dancing and music, but the most important thing was her family.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Debbie Knight, Dottie Knight and Deanna Booth all of Des Moines, 10 grandchildren and many, many grand and great-grandchildren, si...[more]
r, Lacy (Don) Chafa of west Des Moines.
In death Dena rejoins her parents, Charles and Mildred Tipton, husband, James Kirk, son Chuck Knight, daughter, Peggy(Paul) Fausett, grandchildren, Al, Charlie, Aden "Bubba" and Dena Marie.
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