Dorothy Kilgore's Obituary
Dorothy Louise Kilgore, daughter of Raymond Everett and Edna Murry Wallace, was born February 21, 1932, in Ashland, Kentucky. She departed this life Wednesday, April 14, 2010, in Osage Beach Health Care Center, Osage Beach, Missouri, at the age of seventy-eight years, one month and twenty-four days. On December 3, 1949, in Ashland, Kentucky, she was united in marriage to Louis Perry Kilgore and to this union four children were born. Together they shared fifty-three years of marriage until his passing on July 17, 2003. She was also preceded in death by her parents; four brothers and one sister. Survivors include two daughters, Paula Ming of Bucyrus, Missouri, and Riese Kamine of Columbia, Missouri; two sons, Perry S. Kilgore of Denver, Colorado, and James Kilgore of Camdenton, Missouri; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Dorothy was raised in Ashland, Kentucky. After her marriage to Perry, they made their home in Charleston, South Carolina. They lived in various places throughout the country while he was in the military. The family settled in California where she worked for the Semtech Corporation in Newbury Park, California. She and Perry retired to Simmons, Missouri, in 1977 and later to Camdenton in 1991. She made a profession of faith in Christ and followed the Southern Baptist faith. In her spare time she enjoyed playing cards and bingo, toll painting and antiques. Most of all, she enjoyed time spent with family and friends. Dorothy was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and was a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and her accomplishments and will treasure the memories she created for her family and frien Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday April 17, 2010 at the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home in Camdenton. Burial will be in the Allee Memorial gardens under the direction of the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home Camdenton, Missouri. Return to top
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