Celebration of Life Services for Cecil Frank Kitchens age 86 of Kimberling City, MO. will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, April 24, 2015 at Woodland Hills Family Church in Branson with PastorTed Cunningham officiating. Burial will follow in Pinecrest Cemetery in Kimberling City, MO.
He died at 12:49PM, Monday, April 20, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
He was born on May 3, 1928 in Cincinnati, OH the son of Cecil Leon Kitchens and Mary Lillian Smith Kitchens. He was a retired millwright and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He was a member of Woodland Hills Family Church and had been a resident of the area for the past 15 years.
He is survived by his three daughters: Mary Meyer and husband John of Snellville, GA. Joyce Lage and husband Raymond of Portage, MI, Nancy Ellis and husband Basil of Kimberling City, MO. six grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and ten great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Mary Catherine Kitchens.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM till time of celebration on Friday, April 24, 2015 at the Church in the chapel.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions are suggested to Mercy Hospice, 1570 W. Battlefield Suite 110, Springfield, MO. 65807.