MIDWEST CITY — Services for Nell T. Kirker, 85, Midwest City, are 1 p.m. Friday at the Wesley United Methodist Church, with burial following at Arlington Memory Gardens.

Mrs. Kirker died Jan. 29, 2007. She was born Oct. 18, 1921 at Franks, Okla. to John James and Mary Alice Rowlett Townsend. She lived in Midwest City since 1942 and was a secretary at Tinker AFB for 37 years, retiring in 1979. Mrs. Kirker was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Harold, Virgil, Bill and Beecher; two sisters, Lynette and Juanita.

Survivors include her husband Richard “Dick” Kirker, of the home; sisters, Joanne Olberding, Plano, Texas, and Doris Deitch and her husband John, Johnstown, N.Y.; close friend Sharon Lewis; and several nieces and nephews.

Paylor Funeral Home, Midwest City.

Source: The Oklahoman.

Contributed by Marti Graham, March 2007. Information posted as courtesy to researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.