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Emery Kirkland

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Emery Kirkland Veteran

Birth
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Death
10 Feb 1978 (aged 85)
Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.6033254, Longitude: -116.6694375
Plot
Garden of Communion Lot 382 Space 1
Memorial ID
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m: Marvel Hettie "Babe" Dyer Jan 1 1920 in Bassett, Rock Co, Nebraska

Emery Kirkland

NAMPA — Private family services for Emery Kirkland, 85, Route 6, Nampa, who died Friday at a Nampa nursing of a long illness, will be conducted Monday at the Alsip Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Victor Brewer, Caldwell Church of God. Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

He was born May 5, 1892, at Oskaloosa, Iowa. At the age of 13 he moved with his parents to Atkinson, Neb. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1917 to 1919 and married Marvel H. Dyer Jan. 1, 1920, at Bassett, Neb. After their marriage they lived in Carns, Neb., for several years. He worked as a construction carpenter for many years in the Northwest. They moved to Mountain Home in 1948 and later lived in Oregon and Washington. They moved to Nampa in 1959.

Surviving are his wife of Nampa; two sons, Dale of Great Falls, Mont., and Bob of Kent, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Strohl of Nampa; a brother, Benson of Villa Park, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Chase of Atkinson; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, four brothers and two sisters.

The Idaho Statesman, Sunday, February 12, 1978 Page 2B

Obituary contributed by: Dan Fowler

children: Robert Ray Kirkland (1925-1983) and Dorothy Mae Kirkland Strohl (1928-2007)
m: Marvel Hettie "Babe" Dyer Jan 1 1920 in Bassett, Rock Co, Nebraska

Emery Kirkland

NAMPA — Private family services for Emery Kirkland, 85, Route 6, Nampa, who died Friday at a Nampa nursing of a long illness, will be conducted Monday at the Alsip Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Victor Brewer, Caldwell Church of God. Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

He was born May 5, 1892, at Oskaloosa, Iowa. At the age of 13 he moved with his parents to Atkinson, Neb. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1917 to 1919 and married Marvel H. Dyer Jan. 1, 1920, at Bassett, Neb. After their marriage they lived in Carns, Neb., for several years. He worked as a construction carpenter for many years in the Northwest. They moved to Mountain Home in 1948 and later lived in Oregon and Washington. They moved to Nampa in 1959.

Surviving are his wife of Nampa; two sons, Dale of Great Falls, Mont., and Bob of Kent, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Strohl of Nampa; a brother, Benson of Villa Park, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Chase of Atkinson; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, four brothers and two sisters.

The Idaho Statesman, Sunday, February 12, 1978 Page 2B

Obituary contributed by: Dan Fowler

children: Robert Ray Kirkland (1925-1983) and Dorothy Mae Kirkland Strohl (1928-2007)

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  • Created by: Teresa
  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46702506/emery-kirkland: accessed ), memorial page for Emery Kirkland (5 May 1892–10 Feb 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 46702506, citing Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by Teresa (contributor 46969893).