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Alvin Melford Kalka

1938 - 2019

Alvin Melford Kalka obituary, 1938-2019, White Deer, TX

BORN

1938

DIED

2019

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Alvin Kalka Obituary

Alvin Melford Kalka, 81, of White Deer passed away at BSA hospital in Amarillo on Friday, December 13, 2019.

Rosary will be at 6:00 PM, Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel in Pampa.

Funeral Mass will be at 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Sacred Heart Church in White Deer, with Father Hrudaya Raju Kondamudi, pastor officiating. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.



Alvin was born April 26, 1938 at the Kalka homestead in White Deer where he became a lifelong resident. He married the love of his life Linda Perryman Kalka on September 5, 1959 in Borger. She preceded him in death in 2002.

He was a farmer and rancher and took pride in his work on the family farm.

He is survived by two children; David Kalka and Rosalea McAnally and husband Cairl all of White Deer; by his sister, Mary Ann Labus of Panhandle; his twin brother, Melvin Kalka and wife Bernadette of Hereford, and brother Robert (Bobby) Kalka and wife Janet of Magee, MS; Six grandchildren; Melissa Whitaker and husband Jake, Justin Kalka, Valisa Kalka, Cameron McAnally and wife Lynsey, Casey McAnally and wife Lexi and Cuyler McAnally and fiance Jordan Pohnert; Seven Great-grandchildren; Jace Kalka, Kylie Kalka, Madison Baggett, Brooklyn Warren, Kenzie Whitaker, Kyson McAnally, Carson Whitaker and one on the way; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Sign the online guest register at www.carmichael-whatley.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Amarillo Globe-News from Dec. 17 to Dec. 18, 2019.

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Memorial Events
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Dec

18

Rosary

6:00 p.m.

Carmichael Whatley Funeral Directors - Pampa

600 N Ward P.O. BOX 2895, Pampa, TX 79065

Dec

19

Funeral Mass

2:00 p.m.

Sacred Heart Church

White Deer, TX

Funeral services provided by:

Carmichael Whatley Funeral Directors - Pampa

600 N Ward P.O. BOX 2895, Pampa, TX 79065

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