A memorial service for Audrey Kirkland will be held Friday June 29th at 11:00 AM at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Rochester. Pastor 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 in Rochester.
Audrey Ann Horsman was born February 5, 1940 in Douglas, Minnesota, 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, Arkansas, Marvin (Rose) Horsman of Kasson, Minnesota, Mert (Gayle) Horsman of Fairfield, California, Clark Horsman of Rochester, Minnesota, and Clinton (Julie) Horsman of Mantorville, Minnesota. 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 28th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the church, and will continue one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Online memorials are being welcomed and may be created at this website.
Visitation
JUN
28.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CDT)
Seventh Day Adventist Church
1100 37th St NW
Rochester, MN
Service
JUN
29.
11:00 AM (CDT)
Seventh Day Adventist Church
1100 37th St NW
Rochester, MN