KIRCHGATTER, Donald L. 1931-1981
KIRCHGATTER
Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 2/19/2010 at 10:52:13
OBITUARY: Donald L. Kirchgatter, 1931-1981
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Donald L. Kirchgatter Funeral Held in San Pablo, Calif.
Funeral services for Donald L. Kirchgatter, 49, of San Pablo, Calif., who died May 12, 1981 in a San Francisco hospital, were held May 15 at the Chapel of the Mission Bells in San Pablo.
Mr. Kirchgatter, a native of Carpenter, was a retired California Highway patrolman. He was a 25-year member and director for seven years and past Governor of Richmond Lodge No. 550, Loyal Order of Moose; Eureka Lodge No. 636, Loyal Order of Moose; and Legion of the Moose, LaCosta Legion No. 70 of Oakland. He was an organizer of a Moose Lodge in Clear Lake, Calif. and was conferred the Pilgrim Degree of Merit, Loyal Order of Moose.
He was a member of the California Highway Patrol association and Board of Directors from 1967 to 1969, and a motorcycle patrolman for 11 years on the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. He was a member of the Richmond Police Department from May 1958 to July 1969.
He served in the U.S. Air Force During the Korean War.
He is survived by a son, Kirk and a daughter, Yvette, both of San Pablo, Calif.; his mother, Mrs. Mabel Kirchgatter of St. Ansgar; his brother, Leland of Cresco; his sister, Shirley Brock of Osage.
Attending the services in California from this area were his sister.
[St. Ansgar Enterprise, 28 MAY 1981]
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According to the Social Sec. Death Index: DONALD KIRCHGATTER was born 02 Aug 1931 and died in May 1981; SSN 483-30-2872 issued in Iowa.
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Photo from Carpenter High School class of 1949.
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