Kirk Earl WILLIAMS
1925 - 2013 (87 years)
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Name Kirk Earl WILLIAMS [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 13 Oct 1925 Washington, USA 
[1, 2, 4] Gender Male Residence Whitman, Washington [4] Residence Vancouver, Washington, USA [3] Residence 1930 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son Residence 1935 Center, Sacramento, California [1] Residence 1940 Center, Sacramento, California, USA [1] Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son Death 18 Jan 2013 Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA [2, 3] Burial Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States of America [2] Person ID I65 ZLisa Last Modified 5 Dec 2019
Father Earl A WILLIAMS, b. Abt 1895, Pennsylvania Relationship natural Mother Merle Mildred KIRK, b. Abt 1901, Washington d. 22 Jun 1952, Spokane, Spokane, Washington (Age ~ 51 years) Relationship natural Family ID F9 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Living Children 1. Grant WILLIAMS [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Living Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Dec 2019
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Birth - 13 Oct 1925 - Washington, USA 
Residence - - Whitman, Washington 
Residence - - Vancouver, Washington, USA 
Residence - Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son - 1930 - Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA 
Death - 18 Jan 2013 - Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA 
Burial - - Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States of America = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - KIRK E. WILLIAMS
October 13, 1925 ~ January 18, 2013
Civil engineer, Mason, and WWII veteran, Kirk E. Williams, 87, of Vancouver, Washington, died January 18, 2013 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.
Retired from Bonneville Power Administration in where he managed mapping and design, Kirk had also been an engineer for the Washington State Highway Department and was Klickitat County Engineer in Klickitat County, Washington State..
During World War II, Williams served in Germany with the 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Division as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
A 32nd degree Mason, Kirk was very active in a number of lodges. He was Past Master and Life Member of Washington Lodge #4 and Past Master of Lodges #163 and #267. Kirk was also an adult leader of two Vancouver Boy Scout troops; 320 and 400, all in Vancouver, Washington.
Following World War II, Kirk earned degrees in Mathematics, Education and Engineering from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Later, he received an MBA from University of Portland in Portland, Oregon.
Kirk is survived by his wife, Kathleen Williams; son, Grant Williams; daughter, Robin Wild; grandsons, Jesse Laabs, Scott Williams, Stephen Laabs, Geoffrey Laabs and Benjamin Williams; and five great-grandchildren.
His funeral was at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver, Washington on Friday, January 25, 2013. Internment was at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.
Kirk requested that a donation be made to the Shriners Children's Hospital in Portland, Oregon.
Published in The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington on January 23, 2013
Source: www.va.gov.
WILLIAMS, KIRK E
2LT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 10/13/1925
DATE OF DEATH: 01/18/2013
BURIED AT: SECTION EE3 SITE 577
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
11800 SE MT. SCOTT BOULEVARD PORTLAND, OR 97086
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