Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Kirkland, Tom April 10, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Tom Kirkland
6/18/1943 - 4/10/2005

Tom Kirkland, a Milton, California resident and local activist and advocate 
for the working person, died on April 10, 2005, of postoperative complications 
in Sacramento, CA. 

Mr. Kirkland was born and received his early education in Bakersfield schools. 
He attended Bakersfield High School where he was a member of the Bakersfield 
High School Driller football team.

After serving in the Army from 1962 to 1965, he attended Bakersfield Community 
College where he wrote a sports column for the Renegade Rip. He received his 
B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from California State University at Hayward in 
1973.

Mr. Kirkland was Secretary/Treasurer and acting Field Representative for 
Laborers local Union 886 in Oakland, California.

Mr. Kirkland is survived by his wife, Lee; his son, John Kirkland and 
granddaughter, Allyson of Oakley; his mother, Pauline Sargent and his 
brothers, Jerry and Ted Kirkland of Bakersfield. 


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