Mrs. Kirkland, 72, of Rochester, died Friday, June 22, 2012

[Stan]

A memorial service for Audrey Kirkland will be held Friday, June 29, at 11 a.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Rochester. The Rev. Stan Wilkinson will officiate. Burial of the urn will occur at a later date at the Old Concord Cemetery in West Concord.

Mrs. Kirkland, 72, of Rochester, died Friday, June 22, 2012, at Samaritan Bethany Home on 8th.

Audrey Ann Horsman was born Feb. 5, 1940, in Douglas, the daughter of Russell and Marion Horsman. Raised in Mantorville, she was a graduate of Kasson-Mantorville High School in 1958. A homemaker, she briefly operated her own cleaning service. She also worked, for a time, at Daube’s Bakery in Rochester.

She was a lifelong resident of the Kasson and Mantorville area, and recently of Rochester.

She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, where she often volunteered for church activities and sang in the church choir. She enjoyed crocheting, playing the autoharp, playing 500, gardening and canning, and cooking.

Mrs. Kirkland is survived by her sons, Brian (Lisa Colglazier) Kirkland, Daniel Kirkland and David Kirkland, all of Rochester; three grandchildren, Dusty Wolison, Trey Kirkland and Tate Kirkland; a sister, Donna (Donald) Denny of Rochester; and five brothers, Jay (Ann) Horsman of Bella Vista, Ark., Marvin (Rose) Horsman of Kasson, Mert (Gayle) Horsman of Fairfield, Calif., Clark Horsman of Rochester, and Clinton (Julie) Horsman of Mantorville. Also surviving is her Seventh Day Adventist Church family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Kirkland; and two daughters, Marion Smith and Marguerite Smith.

Visitation, with no reviewal, will be Thursday, June 28, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the church, and will continue one hour prior to the service on Friday.

[phkrause]

She looks very young for a 72 year old! :)