SEVENTH GENERATION

1370. Shea P. Kirkpatrick .

Shea P. Kirkpatrick and Lillian ??? had the following children:

2541 i. Mary Ellen Kirkpatrick^{(719) (720)} was born on 8 Jun 1921 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas.^{(719) (720)} She died on 28 May 2003 in Grove, Delaware Co., Oklahoma. ⁽⁷²⁰⁾ She was buried in Olympus Cemetery, Grove, Delaware Co., Oklahoma.⁽⁷²⁰⁾ On the Kingman Co., Kansas Gen Web site is a listing for a Mary Ellen K irkpatrick who graduated from Kingman High School in 1938.

From the Grove Sun Newspaper, Grove, Oklahoma, May 30, 2003:

MARY ELLEN KIRKPATRICK
GROVE, Okla. - Mary Ellen Kirkpatrick, 81, of Grove, passed away May 28 , 2003 at her home after a lengthy illness. Mary Kirkpatrick was born J une 8, 1921 to Shea and Lillian Kirkpatrick in Wichita, Kan. She attend ed high school in Kingman, Kan. She continued her education at Hutchins on Junior College and later at the University of Kansas, and graduated " Cum Laude" with a B.A. Degree in Liberal Arts, Major in Accounting from W ichita State University. She began her career teaching in a rural elem entary school in Kingman County. She went on to do private industry acc ounting and later public accounting in Wichita from 1954 as a sole prac titioner until 1963 when joined by Mr. Jayde Sprecker to form the partn ership of Kirkpatrick & Sprecker Certified Public Accountants. She reti red as a partner in this company in August 1983. Ms. Kirkpatrick was a m ember of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Americ an Women's Society of Certified Public Accountants, Kansas Society of C ertified Public Accountants, Wichita Chapter of Kansas Society of Certi fied Public Accountants and the Kansas State Board of Accountancy for a t hree-year term in October of 1980 and served as chairman from September 1 981-1983. She was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas in Wichita, until movi ng to Grove and becoming a member at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church. S he was active in the Wichita Area Girl Scout Council from 1958-1983 and t he Girl Scouts of U.S.A. from 1970-1975. She received many awards for h er services in the organization. The Wichita Professional Chapter of Wo men in Communications, Inc. honored her with the 1974 Woman of Achievem ent Award. Her parents preceded her in death.
Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 31, at St. Elizabeth's C atholic Church. Rosary will be conducted at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 30, a t Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove. Father Alex Kennedy will offici ate. The interment will be in the Olympus Cemetery. In lieu of flowers , donations may be made to Good Shepherd Hospice, 2106 S. Main, Grove, O K 74344.