OBITUARY: Donald L. Kirchgatter, c1932-1981, Mitchell County, Iowa

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, 28 MAY 1981]



         Donald L. Kirchgatter Funeral Held in San Pablo, Calif.

  Funeral services for Donald L. Kirchgatter, 49, of San Pablo, Calif., who
died May 12 in a San Francisco hospital, were held May 15 at the Chapel of
the Mission Bells in San Pablo.

  Mr. Kirchgatter, a native of Carpenter, was a retired California Highway
patrolman. He was a 25-year member and director for seven years and
past Governor of Richmond Lodge No. 550, Loyal Order of Moose; Eureka
Lodge No. 636, Loyal Order of Moose; and Legion of the Moose, LaCosta 
Legion No. 70 of Oakland. He was an organizer of a Moose Lodge in Clear
Lake, Calif. and was conferred the Pilgrim Degree of Merit, Loyal Order
of Moose.

  He was a member of the California Highway Patrol association and Board of
Directors from 1967 to 1969, and a motorcycle patrolman for 11 years on the
Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. He was a member of the Richmond Police
Department from May 1958 to July 1969.

  He served in the U.S. Air Force During the Korean War.

  He is survived by a son, Kirk and a daughter, Yvette, both of San Pablo,
Calif.; his mother, Mrs. Mabel Kirchgatter of St. Ansgar; his brother,
Leland of Cresco; his sister, Shirley Brock of Osage.

  Attending the services in California from this area were his sister.



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