Kenneth Allen Orfield (1943 - 2001)
ORFIELD, ALLEN, STEVENS, LEWIS, PERRY, WAKE
Posted By: Karen Brewer (email)
Date: 9/9/2011 at 12:03:23
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Kenneth Allen Orfield
Kenneth Allen Orfield, son of William Albert and Nola Fae Allen Orfield, was born Aug. 4, 1943, in Osceola and died of cancer July 14, 2001, at Clarke County Hospital in Osceola. He was 57.He was a lifetime resident of Murray and a graduate of Murray High School.
Mr. Orfield worked in the custodial department of Dekko Automotive Technologies for 27 years.
He was a big baseball fan and loved watching his favorite team, the Atlanta Braves.
Mr. Orfield was baptized into Christ on May 3, 2001 at the Osceola Church of Christ.
Preceding him in death were his parents; a brother, Paul Orfield; brothers-in-law, Michael Stevens, Fred Lewis and Lawrence Perry and sisters-in-law, Helen Orfield and Peggy Orfield.
Mr. Orfield is survived by three sisters, Karen Stevens of Des Moines, Helen Lewis of Creston and Dorothy Wake and her husband, Raymond Wake, of Thayer; two brothers, Clarence Orfield of Murray and Wayne Orfield and his wife, Lorna Orfield, of Indianola; several nieces and nephews; other relatives; many co-workers and friends.
Funeral services were July 18 at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola, Doug Hamilton of the Osceola Church of Christ officiated. Congregational hymns were The Old Rugged Cross and How Great Thou Art.
Casket bearers were Vince Stevens, Russ Flaherty, Bill Killebrew, Roscoe Imhoff, Osa Foltz and Rollin Daly. Interment was in Murray Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Osceola Church of Christ Building Fund or the Murray School Special Education Program.
Clarke Obituaries maintained by Brenda White.
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