Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kilpatrick, Robert Glen 2005
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 24 May 2005

Robert Glen Kilpatrick, age 70, was born February 19, 1935 in Belleville, 
Michigan; the son of Robert James and Margaret Elizabeth (Millard) Kilpatrick.  
He graduated from Milan High School, Milan, Michigan and Michigan State 
University.  He left this life on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at the University of 
Michigan Hospital, after a brave battle with emphysema.

He was employed by the State of Michigan; working at Newberry State Hospital, 
Michigan Veterans Facility, Ionia State Hospital, Riverside Center, and retired 
in 1991 as Business Manager at the Mt. Pleasant Regional Facility.  Bob 
expressed his love of this country by serving 32 years in the Michigan National 
Guard and Army Reserves.  He retired with the rank of Colonel.  He was a member 
and elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Ionia, a former board member of 
the United Way and the Ionia Theater.  He was a 4H leader for 25 years and 
served on both the state and local 4H Advisory councils.  Currently he was on 
the board of directors of the Ionia Horse Trails Association.  He had a special 
love of horses, travel, and the Ionia Free Fair.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Norma, his daughters Glenda of Milan 
and Marcia of Chicago, grandson Christopher Housel, son-in-law, James Housel 
and family, Cindy, Amanda, and David, brother-in-law Gerald Cobb and family of 
Lawrence, Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Karen Lynn Housel.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Thursday, at First Presbyterian Church 
in Ionia with Rev. Judith Shaver officiating.  The family will receive friends 
and relatives Wednesday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Lake 
Funeral Home in Ionia.  Anyone wishing may make memorial contributions in 
Robert’s name to Michigan 4-H Foundation or First Presbyterian Church.


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