Monte Kirk

Monte Roy Kirk, 76, of Baxter, died peacefully on May 2, 2002. Services will be on Monday, May 6, 2002 at 11:00 AM at Lakewood Evangelical Free Church with Reverend Randy Ahlberg officiating. Burial will be in the Baxter City Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 2 - 4 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter/Brainerd and also 1 hour before the service at the church. Brainerd American Legion Post #255 will provided military honors. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.
He was born on May 15th 1925 in Milaca, Minnesota to Clarence and Florence Kirk. He attended school there until the 10th grade when he helped his parents full-time on their farm. During World War II, he served his country in the U.S. Army in the Philippines. After the war, he married Pearl ?Pat? L. Kiel on September 2, 1950. He then worked for the Ford Motor Co. in St. Paul. After moving to Brainerd in 1954, he worked for Hickerson & Co. for 8 years and then worked for Potlach for 26 years in the finishing room before retiring.

Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Connie Engan and husband Dave of Prior Lake, MN and a son, Jode Kirk and wife Julie of Buffalo, MN and two grandchildren, Jessica and Brian; 2 sister-in-laws Louise Kirk of Longville and Betty Kirk of Brainerd. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Claude and Merle. Submitted by Brenny Funeral Chapel 218-828-5051