| OBITUARY
Carrollton teacher Glenda Kirk dies; graveside services set
for today
Glenda Kirk dies; graveside services set for today
Glenda Ann Bishop Kirk, a Carrollton teacher, died Monday of complications from
multiple sclerosis, which was diagnosed in 1964. She was 66.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Restland Memorial Park in
Dallas.
"Teaching is what she loved most," said her son, Keith Kirk of Houston. "She was
more upset with having to leave teaching rather than being diagnosed."
Mrs. Kirk, granddaughter of one of the five first families to settle in
Carrollton, graduated from Carrollton High School, now R. L. Turner High School,
in 1951. She received her education degree at North Texas State University, now
the University of North Texas, in 1954.
Mrs. Kirk taught business skills such as typing and shorthand at R. L. Turner
for nearly six years.
Her husband, Bill Kirk, said her former teacher,
Mary B. Dent, handpicked her to
head the business department at R. L. Turner. And many of her students visited
her at home, he recalled.
"Three students told her that she had inspired them to be teachers," Mr. Kirk
said.
Keith Kirk said family members believe she fought her ailment as long as she
could, hoping to see the birth of a grandchild due in September.
"Multiple sclerosis doesn't get the publicity that other diseases get," he said.
"It's crippling, and it changes the way you live your life."
In addition to her husband and son, Mrs. Kirk is survived by a daughter, Karen
Russell of Carrollton; a brother, Dr. Alan Bishop of Arlington; and three
grandsons.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dallas Chapter of the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society, 8750 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas 75231.
The Dallas Morning News-August 11, 1999
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
OBITUARY
Glenda Ann Bishop Kirk, 66, of Carrollton, Tx. died Monday, Aug. 9, 1999.
Funeral services were held Aug. I I at Rhoton Funeral Chapel in Carrollton with
Dr. Wayne Allen officiating. Burial was at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
A native of Carrollton, she was bom June 24, 1933, the daughter of E. H. and
Elsie Bishop. She was the granddaughter of J.T. and Melissa Whitlock, one of the
pioneer families and early settlers of Carrollton and Elm Fork settlement. She
was a life long resident of Carrollton. She was a graduate of Carrollton High
School and North Texas State University. She was a teacher for many years at
Carrollton High School and subsequently R. L. Turner High School. She was a
member of the First Baptist Church of Carrollton.
Survivors include her husband of 46 years, Bill D. Kirk of Carrollton; daughter
and son-in-law, Karen and Ted Russell of Carrollton; son and daughter-in-law,
Keith and Julie Kirk of Houston; three grandsons, Austin Russell of Carrolton
and Tyler and Jared Kirk of Houston; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Alan and
Marilyn Bishop of Arlington; sisters-in-law, Olene Holley of Burnet and Kay
Miller of Elgin; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
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