Dallas Co. TX - Obits: R. Kevin Chisholm ============================================================== Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved. Amarillo Globe-News http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ============================================================== R. Kevin Chisholm DALLAS - R. Kevin Chisholm, 61, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Monica Catholic Church of Dallas. Arrangements are by Sparkman-Dickey Funeral Home. Mr. Chisholm was born Sept. 5, 1941, in Pampa to Russell and Frances Chisholm. He died after a six-month struggle with esophageal cancer. He graduated from Pampa High School in 1959 and the University of Notre Dame in 1963. In 1966 he joined Haggar Clothing Co. as an accountant and served as chief financial officer from 1973 to 1983. In 1983 he started his own accounting practice which he directed until 2002. He was a strong supporter of the University of Notre Dame and attended several football games every year. He was very active in the Notre Dame community in Dallas, serving as treasurer of the Notre Dame Club of Dallas for 11 years. In 1985 he received the club's annual award of the year, presented to those in Dallas who best represent the spirit of the University of Notre Dame. He married Judy Wells Perry, formerly of Lubbock, on April 19, 1997, in Austin. During the time that he and Judy commuted between Lubbock and Dallas, he became a fond part-time resident of Lubbock. He enjoyed meeting his friends on Saturday mornings at the Mecca where he was known and loved. He also enjoyed flying his airplane, a 1948 Ercoupe, with his friends at Northwest Regional Airport. He will be remembered for his love for his family, sense of humor, generosity, ability to tell a good story and positive attitude. Most of all, he will be remembered as one who touched the lives of many and as a true and great friend to all who knew him. He was preceded in death by his parents; and three sisters, Ann Jourdan of Hobbs, N.M., Jean Martin of Covington, La., and Sheila Hood of Bigfork, Mont. Survivors include his wife, Judy; two sons, Dan Chisholm and wife, Amy, of Tucson, Ariz., and Mark Chisholm of San Antonio; a daughter, Kelli Chisholm of Dana Point, Calif.; stepchildren, Kyle Abraham and wife, Elizabeth, of Lubbock and Ashley Abraham Hood and her husband, Doug, of Dallas; a sister, Colleen Bush and husband, Bill, of Grand Junction, Colo.; a brother, Tom Chisholm and wife, Barbara, of Austin; brothers-in-law, Bill Jourdan of Hobbs, N.M., and Jack Hood of Kalispell, Mont.; and three grandchildren, Elliot Abraham, Katherine Abraham and Phillip Hood. The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be to the Notre Dame Club of Dallas, Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 802316, Dallas, TX 75240. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 6, 2002 ---