Robert Kirk
November 25, 2009
Morning Journal News
SEBRING-Robert Louis Kirk, 92, of 800 S. 15th St., died at 1:23 p.m. Wednesday at Crandall Medical Center. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk have been residents at Copeland Oaks Retirement Community in Sebring since 2002.
Robert Kirk was born April 6, 1917, in Columbiana, a son of Louis and Alice Cope Kirk.
He worked on the family farm until entering Civilian Public Service during World War II. He also worked in Public Parks, forestry, and a hospital completing four years of service. Afterwards, he attended William Penn College for two years and then Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery for four years. He graduated with honors with a doctorate of osteopathic medicine. After a one-year internship in Bay Village, Ohio, he opened a family medical practice in Smithville, Ohio, where he worked as an osteopathic physician for 33 years, retiring in July 1986.
Dr. Kirk was on staff and served as chief and secretary of staff at Wayne General and Dunlap Hospitals in Orville, Ohio.
He was a lifelong member of The Society of Friends (Quakers). He was also a member and served as board member of four Assembly of God Churches, most recently at Salem Real Life Church. Dr. Kirk also served on Akron-Canton Academy, Smithville School Board, Smithville Lions Club, Promoters Club, and Ruritan Club. He was a member of Full Gospel Businessmen's Association, Christian Medical Foundation, American Osteopathic Association, and the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Dr. Kirk is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lillian Stanley Kirk; two daughters, Marilyn (Dwight) Schattschneider of Guntersville, Ala., and Jan (Deryll) Amstutz of Hillsboro, Kan.; a son, Joe (Linda) Hershberger-Kirk of Millersburg, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Lisa (David) Montgomery of North Port, Fla., Mark (Madeline) Schattschneider of Tampa, Fla., Rachel (Aaron) Stuckey of Rochester, N.Y., Sarah (Diep) Le of Arcadia, Calif., Bethany Amstutz of Newton, Kan., Nathan (Larinda) Amstutz of Gossel, Kan., and Emilie Hershberger-Kirk of Millersburg, Ohio; as well as five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louesa Stanley Kirk; an infant son, David Robert Kirk; a sister, Florence Sidwell, and two brothers, Edward and Morris Kirk.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, in the chapel of Copeland Oaks in Sebring with Pastor Jason Vickery officiating. A reception will follow in Williamsburg Lounge next to the chapel.
Gifts in memory of Dr. Kirk may be given to Copeland Life Care at Copeland Oaks, 800 S. 15th St., Sebring, Ohio 44672.
Arrangements were made by the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home of Columbiana.
Sign the guest register and send condolences to the family at www.familycareservices.com.
11/24/09
November 25, 2009
Morning Journal News
SEBRING-Robert Louis Kirk, 92, of 800 S. 15th St., died at 1:23 p.m. Wednesday at Crandall Medical Center. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk have been residents at Copeland Oaks Retirement Community in Sebring since 2002.
Robert Kirk was born April 6, 1917, in Columbiana, a son of Louis and Alice Cope Kirk.
He worked on the family farm until entering Civilian Public Service during World War II. He also worked in Public Parks, forestry, and a hospital completing four years of service. Afterwards, he attended William Penn College for two years and then Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery for four years. He graduated with honors with a doctorate of osteopathic medicine. After a one-year internship in Bay Village, Ohio, he opened a family medical practice in Smithville, Ohio, where he worked as an osteopathic physician for 33 years, retiring in July 1986.
Dr. Kirk was on staff and served as chief and secretary of staff at Wayne General and Dunlap Hospitals in Orville, Ohio.
He was a lifelong member of The Society of Friends (Quakers). He was also a member and served as board member of four Assembly of God Churches, most recently at Salem Real Life Church. Dr. Kirk also served on Akron-Canton Academy, Smithville School Board, Smithville Lions Club, Promoters Club, and Ruritan Club. He was a member of Full Gospel Businessmen's Association, Christian Medical Foundation, American Osteopathic Association, and the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Dr. Kirk is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lillian Stanley Kirk; two daughters, Marilyn (Dwight) Schattschneider of Guntersville, Ala., and Jan (Deryll) Amstutz of Hillsboro, Kan.; a son, Joe (Linda) Hershberger-Kirk of Millersburg, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Lisa (David) Montgomery of North Port, Fla., Mark (Madeline) Schattschneider of Tampa, Fla., Rachel (Aaron) Stuckey of Rochester, N.Y., Sarah (Diep) Le of Arcadia, Calif., Bethany Amstutz of Newton, Kan., Nathan (Larinda) Amstutz of Gossel, Kan., and Emilie Hershberger-Kirk of Millersburg, Ohio; as well as five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louesa Stanley Kirk; an infant son, David Robert Kirk; a sister, Florence Sidwell, and two brothers, Edward and Morris Kirk.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, in the chapel of Copeland Oaks in Sebring with Pastor Jason Vickery officiating. A reception will follow in Williamsburg Lounge next to the chapel.
Gifts in memory of Dr. Kirk may be given to Copeland Life Care at Copeland Oaks, 800 S. 15th St., Sebring, Ohio 44672.
Arrangements were made by the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home of Columbiana.
Sign the guest register and send condolences to the family at www.familycareservices.com.
11/24/09
Robert Kirk
November 25, 2009
Morning Journal News
SEBRING-Robert Louis Kirk, 92, of 800 S. 15th St., died at 1:23 p.m. Wednesday at Crandall Medical Center. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk have been residents at Copeland Oaks Retirement Community in Sebring since 2002.
Robert Kirk was born April 6, 1917, in Columbiana, a son of Louis and Alice Cope Kirk.
He worked on the family farm until entering Civilian Public Service during World War II. He also worked in Public Parks, forestry, and a hospital completing four years of service. Afterwards, he attended William Penn College for two years and then Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery for four years. He graduated with honors with a doctorate of osteopathic medicine. After a one-year internship in Bay Village, Ohio, he opened a family medical practice in Smithville, Ohio, where he worked as an osteopathic physician for 33 years, retiring in July 1986.
Dr. Kirk was on staff and served as chief and secretary of staff at Wayne General and Dunlap Hospitals in Orville, Ohio.
He was a lifelong member of The Society of Friends (Quakers). He was also a member and served as board member of four Assembly of God Churches, most recently at Salem Real Life Church. Dr. Kirk also served on Akron-Canton Academy, Smithville School Board, Smithville Lions Club, Promoters Club, and Ruritan Club. He was a member of Full Gospel Businessmen's Association, Christian Medical Foundation, American Osteopathic Association, and the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Dr. Kirk is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lillian Stanley Kirk; two daughters, Marilyn (Dwight) Schattschneider of Guntersville, Ala., and Jan (Deryll) Amstutz of Hillsboro, Kan.; a son, Joe (Linda) Hershberger-Kirk of Millersburg, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Lisa (David) Montgomery of North Port, Fla., Mark (Madeline) Schattschneider of Tampa, Fla., Rachel (Aaron) Stuckey of Rochester, N.Y., Sarah (Diep) Le of Arcadia, Calif., Bethany Amstutz of Newton, Kan., Nathan (Larinda) Amstutz of Gossel, Kan., and Emilie Hershberger-Kirk of Millersburg, Ohio; as well as five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louesa Stanley Kirk; an infant son, David Robert Kirk; a sister, Florence Sidwell, and two brothers, Edward and Morris Kirk.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, in the chapel of Copeland Oaks in Sebring with Pastor Jason Vickery officiating. A reception will follow in Williamsburg Lounge next to the chapel.
Gifts in memory of Dr. Kirk may be given to Copeland Life Care at Copeland Oaks, 800 S. 15th St., Sebring, Ohio 44672.
Arrangements were made by the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home of Columbiana.
Sign the guest register and send condolences to the family at www.familycareservices.com.
11/24/09
November 25, 2009
Morning Journal News
SEBRING-Robert Louis Kirk, 92, of 800 S. 15th St., died at 1:23 p.m. Wednesday at Crandall Medical Center. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk have been residents at Copeland Oaks Retirement Community in Sebring since 2002.
Robert Kirk was born April 6, 1917, in Columbiana, a son of Louis and Alice Cope Kirk.
He worked on the family farm until entering Civilian Public Service during World War II. He also worked in Public Parks, forestry, and a hospital completing four years of service. Afterwards, he attended William Penn College for two years and then Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery for four years. He graduated with honors with a doctorate of osteopathic medicine. After a one-year internship in Bay Village, Ohio, he opened a family medical practice in Smithville, Ohio, where he worked as an osteopathic physician for 33 years, retiring in July 1986.
Dr. Kirk was on staff and served as chief and secretary of staff at Wayne General and Dunlap Hospitals in Orville, Ohio.
He was a lifelong member of The Society of Friends (Quakers). He was also a member and served as board member of four Assembly of God Churches, most recently at Salem Real Life Church. Dr. Kirk also served on Akron-Canton Academy, Smithville School Board, Smithville Lions Club, Promoters Club, and Ruritan Club. He was a member of Full Gospel Businessmen's Association, Christian Medical Foundation, American Osteopathic Association, and the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Dr. Kirk is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lillian Stanley Kirk; two daughters, Marilyn (Dwight) Schattschneider of Guntersville, Ala., and Jan (Deryll) Amstutz of Hillsboro, Kan.; a son, Joe (Linda) Hershberger-Kirk of Millersburg, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Lisa (David) Montgomery of North Port, Fla., Mark (Madeline) Schattschneider of Tampa, Fla., Rachel (Aaron) Stuckey of Rochester, N.Y., Sarah (Diep) Le of Arcadia, Calif., Bethany Amstutz of Newton, Kan., Nathan (Larinda) Amstutz of Gossel, Kan., and Emilie Hershberger-Kirk of Millersburg, Ohio; as well as five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louesa Stanley Kirk; an infant son, David Robert Kirk; a sister, Florence Sidwell, and two brothers, Edward and Morris Kirk.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, in the chapel of Copeland Oaks in Sebring with Pastor Jason Vickery officiating. A reception will follow in Williamsburg Lounge next to the chapel.
Gifts in memory of Dr. Kirk may be given to Copeland Life Care at Copeland Oaks, 800 S. 15th St., Sebring, Ohio 44672.
Arrangements were made by the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home of Columbiana.
Sign the guest register and send condolences to the family at www.familycareservices.com.
11/24/09
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