Mary B. Kirkpatrick, 90,
formerly of Oak Hills Heights, passed away at 10:40
a.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at the Sunnyview
Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Born in Butler April 23,
1921, she was the daughter of the late Howard W.
Badger and Lois Gould Badger.
Mary went to Indiana
College for a Fine Arts Degree, but left early to
tend to her ailing mother. She was a member of the
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. She worked in the offices
of Armco. Mary worked at Kirkpatrick's Sporting
Goods as a bookkeeper and as a Pendleton buyer for
the store till her retirement. Her favorite thing in
the world was spending summers with her kids and
their friends at the cabin in Tionesta, PA. She was
a Boy Scout den mother, helped with all the muscular
dystrophy carnivals, field trips, bake sales and
everything else her kids volunteered her for. She
was a great seamstress and Halloween costume maker
and even went ghost hunting one Halloween with her
daughter and friends. Mary was always soft spoken,
gentle and INFINITELY patient and loving.
Mary is survived by one
daughter, Carol Kirkpatrick of Butler, PA; one son,
Scott Kirkpatrick of Franklin, PA; one brother, Dr.
Frank W. Badger of Charleston, WV; and by her
ABSOLUTE BELOVED pup pup, Mr. Toby a Golden
Retriever/ Great Pyrenees.
In addition to her parents,
she was preceded in death by her husband, John
Kirkpatrick, whom she married May 3, 1946 and who
passed away April 20, 2007; one brother, Robert
Badger and one grandson, David "Scotty" Kirkpatrick.
There will be no public
visitation.
A Memorial Service will be
held Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. at Hill
United Presbyterian Church, 501 Second Street,
Butler, PA 16001 with Reverend Bill Hudson
officiating.
In lieu of flowers,
Memorial Donations may be made to the Alzheimer
Association of Greater PA, 1100 Liberty Avenue,
Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
