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Submitted: 6/3/21 • Approved: 9/27/22 • Last Updated: 9/30/22 • R423987-G248287-S3
Albert Lawrence
September 11, 1938-May 24, 2021
Father
Ruth Elaine
October 4, 1945-August 6, 2015
Mother
In Loving Memory
*Obituary Albert
Graveside services for Albert Lawrence Kirk, age 82 of Houston, Texas and formerly of Seminole will be held Monday, May 31, 2021 at 10:00 am at the Gaines County Cemetery, CR 301, Seminole, Texas 79360. Visitation will be held on Sunday, May 30, 2021 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm at Boyer Funeral Home, 410 NW 21st Street, Seminole. All services are under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held at Glenbrook United Methodist Church, 8635 Glen Valley Drive, Houston, Texas 77061 at a later date.
Albert Lawrence Kirk was born September 11, 1938 in Seminole, Texas to Arzie Leonard and Lillie Florence Sawyer Kirk. He took the hand of Jesus and ascended into Heaven on May 24, 2021.
Lawrence grew up in Seminole and graduated as valedictorian from Seminole High School in 1957. He then attended Texas Tech University and graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1962. Lawrence initially wanted to join the Air Force to fly planes like his father had, but instead he took a job at the new NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He spent his entire career working on the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station projects.
Lawrence met Ruth Elaine Ware at the University of Houston Wesley Foundation. They later married on August 27, 1966 at the new Religion Center at the University of Houston. Ruth and Lawrence first lived in the Glenbrook Valley area, and then moved to Friendswood in 1981. After Ruth's passing in 2015, Lawrence moved to the Waco area in 2018 to be able to spend more time with his grandchildren.
Lawrence enjoyed woodworking, gardening, and teaching Sunday school at Glenbrook United Methodist Church. In 1994, he was diagnosed with Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer. Rather than undergoing surgery, chemo, and radiation, Lawrence sought help from the Gerson Institute in adopting a healthy diet. Several years later he was cancer free and spent many years advocating for the Gerson Institute by volunteering to talk with people recently diagnosed with cancer to give them hope.
Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents, Arzie and Lillie Kirk, his brother William David Kirk, and his wife, Ruth. Lawrence is survived by his children: Karen Brown (Trent), grandchildren Caroline Brown and Cameron Brown; and Brian Kirk (Liza).
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Gerson Institute, P.O. Box 161358, San Diego, California 92176 or www.Gerson.org; or Glenbrook United Methodist Church, 8635 Glen Valley Drive, Houston, Texas 77061.
Source: Boyer Funeral Home.
*Obituary Ruth
Ruth Elaine Ware Kirk, 69, was born October 4, 1945, in Dallas to Gordon E. and Mary Frances Jacobs Ware. She took the hand of Jesus and ascended into Heaven on August 6, 2015. Ruth suffered a traumatic head injury, which was subsequently followed by a stroke and a period of time in ICU.
Ruth grew up in Dallas and graduated from Adamson High School in 1963, then attended the University of Houston and graduated with a BA in Accounting in 1967. Ruth met Albert Lawrence Kirk at the Wesley Foundation at the University of Houston. They later married on August 27, 1966, at the new Religion Center at the University of Houston.
Ruth and Lawrence first lived in the Glenbrook Valley area, and then moved to Friendswood in 1981. Ruth worked for Chevron of California in downtown Houston before becoming a fulltime mother and housewife. Later she started a small Christian book business, "The Book Garden", and successfully guided it for 30-plus years.
She enjoyed making stained glass, growing beautiful flowers, playing games (especially word games), and spending time with her family. Ruth was vigilant in regard to the dietary constraints of the Gerson therapy that helped Lawrence to be a pancreatic cancer survivor for 20 years and counting.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Gordon E. and Mary Frances Jacobs Ware.
She is survived by her husband Lawrence and children: Karen Brown (Trent); grandchildren, Caroline Brown and Cameron Brown; Brian Kirk and (Liza); brother Gene Ware and (Jeannie); and many other relatives and cherished friends.
A visitation was held Tuesday, August 11, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Jeter Memorial Funeral Home, 311 N. Friendswood Dr., Friendswood, Texas 77546 (281) 992-7200. A private interment will be held at a later date in Seminole, Texas.
A memorial service will be held at Glenbrook United Methodist Church, 8635 Glen Valley Drive, Houston, Texas 77061, on Saturday August 22, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with
Rev. Beverly Woodard officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Gerson Institute, PO Box 161358, San Diego, California 92176 or www.Gerson.org; the Glenbrook United Methodist Church, 8635 Glen Valley Drive, Houston, Texas 77061, or the charity of your choice.
Condolences may be sent to the Kirk family in care of Jeter Memorial Funeral Home at www.jeterfuneralhome.com.
Published in the Seminole Sentinel
Contributed on 6/3/21 by neldapat
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