Kirkpatrick - Lena Jeffries
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, October 17, 1961
WINGATE – Mrs. Lena P. Kirkpatrick, 62, a resident of Wingate for many years, died about 1 a.m. Tuesday of a heart attack while on the way to the hospital. She was born April 30, 1899, in Kentucky. Her parents were Samuel and Margaret Hawkins Jeffries. In 1926 she married Milton Kirkpatrick at the Methodist Church in New Richmond. She was a member of the Wingate American Legion Auxiliary and was a telephone operator in Odell and New Richmond for several years. Her education was received in Tippecanoe County schools. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Phyllis J. Lohorn of Wingate; a grandson, James Michael Lohorn, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Servies Funeral Home in Waynetown. Rev. Carl Nesbit of the Wingate Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be in the New Richmond Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday. – jlr