OBITUARY: Anton C. Kirkegaard, Jr., Mitchell County, Iowa



                          Anton C. Kirkegaard, Jr.

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Anton C. Kirkegaard, Jr.

[ Mitchell County Press online - Posted June 19, 2002 - www.mcpress.com ]


Anton C. Kirkegaard, Jr., age 74, of Osage, died Monday, June 17, 2002 at
Mitchell County Regional Health Center, Hospice Unit in Osage.

Funeral arrangements are pending for Friday, June 21 at Our Savior's
Lutheran Church in Osage. Visitation will be at Champion-Bucheit Funeral
Home on Thursday evening.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in charge of arrangments, 641-7321-3706.


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Anton C. Kirkegaard, Jr.

[Mitchell County Press-News online -- Posted June 26, 2002]



Funeral services were held Friday, June 21, 2002,  for Rev. Anton Kirkegaard
at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage. The Rev. Roy Ott officiated.
Inurnment will be at a later date at the West Hill Cemetery in Genoa, NE.

Rev. Anton C. Kirkegaard, age 74, died Monday, June 17, 2002 at the Mitchell
County Regional Health Center Hospice Unit in Osage after a short battle
with cancer.

Anton was born January 13, 1928 in Littleton, CO to Anton Sr. and Helen
(Jersild) Kirkegaard. He graduated from William Smith High School in
Aurora, CO and received a bacehlor's degree from Dana College, Blair, NE.
Anton went on to get a Master of Divinity from Trinity Seminary, also in
Blair, NE.

Anton and Charlotte Pearson were married in Lindsay, NE on August 22, 1954.
He served as pastor in several parishes in Iowa: Hamlin Lutheran in Hamlin;
Underwood Lutheran in Underwood; St. Matthew's Lutheran in Monticello;
Bethlehem Lutheran and Our Savior's Lutheran in Inwood; Christ Lutheran
in Ft.  Dodge; Our Savior's Lutheran in Osage as visitation pastor. After
retiring from Christ Lutheran, Anton worked as a pre-need counselor for a
number of funeral homes in Iowa and South Dakota. A few highlights of his
ministry were the Bethel Bible Series and Evangelism Outreach. He enjoyed
fishing, camping, woodworking, family and especially being a grandpa.

Preceding Anton in death were his parents, two brothers and one sister.

Survivors include his wife Charlotte Kirkegaard; three children and five
grandchildren; son Scot Kirkegaard of Garland, TX and his son Christian;
two daughters, Sarah Campbell and husband Mark of Osage and their children,
Simon and Chloe, Sela Gonlubol of Cedar Rapids and husband Ahmet and their
children, Jacob and Maya; one brother Rev. Walter Kirke-gaard, Great Falls,
MT; and four sisters, Dorothy Snyder, Brownsville, IN, Irene Jessen,
Lexington, NE, Ruth Svinth, Petaluma, CA and Ruby Westman, Hastings, NE.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage (641) 732-3706, was in charge of
arrangements.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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