Robert E Kirchoff

DATELINE: Sterling, Kansas

NAME: Robert E. Kirchoff

AGE: 85

DATE OF DEATH: July 1, 2016

PLACE OF DEATH: Presbyterian Manor, Sterling

DATE OF BIRTH: January 24, 1931

PLACE OF BIRTH: Lyons, KS

PARENTS: Louis and Maude (Chance) Kirchoff

RESIDENCE: He was a resident of Sterling since 1960, formerly of Bushton, KS

OCCUPATION: Robert was a retired pipeline worker.

EDUCATION: He graduated from Bushton High School.

VETERAN: He served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant.

DATE OF MARRIAGE: December 31, 1959

PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Bushton, KS

SPOUSE: Colleen Bartow

SPOUSE DECEASED DATE: June 25, 2009

SURVIVORS: Two daughters, Kenda Clayton and Vicky Kirchoff, both of Sterling, KS; two brothers, James Kirchoff of Garden City, KS, and Donald Kirchoff of Hutchinson, KS; 6 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents; wife; and son Ricky Kirchoff

FUNERAL SERVICES: 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Sterling Community Cemetery.

OFFICIATING: Pastor Joel Grizzle BURIAL: Sterling Community Cemetery with military honors by the United States Air Force and the Sterling American Legion.

MEMORIAL: Sterling College Athletic Dept. in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling

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