Dennis Angelo Kirkonis, age 80 of Georgetown, Texas passed away
Thursday, February 20, 2020. He was born October 1, 1939 in San
Francisco, California to parents Angelo Kirkonis and Irma Tedrick Maupin
who preceded him in death, as did his sister Carolyn Maupin.
Dennis
spent his professional career in the marine transportation sector of
the oil and gas industry. He was a member of Good Shepherd Episcopal
Church in Kingwood for many years and more recently, Grace Episcopal
Church in Georgetown. He was a life
member of the Houston Livestock Show, and a Master Gardener who
volunteered at Mercer Arboretum in Spring, Texas with the “Tree Amigos.”
He was a veteran of the US Army, stationed in Germany for two years. He
was an accomplished landscape artist, an avid reader, and enjoyed
golfing, hunting and fishing in his earlier years. He was a member of a
men’s bridge group, where he spent many happy Wednesday afternoons. He
was also a charter member of a Monday lunch group in Kingwood known as
the Romeo’s (Retired Old Men Eating Out), and considered the men of both
groups to be his greatest friends.
Survivors include his wife
Jill Barnett Kirkonis; son Jeffrey Angelo Kirkonis and wife Lisa;
daughter Kathleen Kirkonis McCurry and husband Bill; and sister Laura
Wright.
Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.,
Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Pace Stancil Chapel, Cleveland, Texas.
Services will follow starting at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 22, 2020
at Pace Stancil Chapel, Cleveland, Texas. Interment will follow at
Cleveland City Cemetery, Cleveland, Texas.
PACE-STANCIL FUNERAL HOME
303 E. CROCKETT
CLEVELAND, TEXAS
281-592-2641
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