Lorraine Ann Jones Kirkley

Lorraine Ann Jones Kirkley Valparaiso, IN Funeral services for Lorraine Ann Jones Kirkley of Valparaiso will be conducted on Saturday, October 15, 2005, at the Fulton Baptist Temple Church located on Dunn Street in Fulton. Services will start at 2 p.m. (local) eastern standard time. Lorie tragically lost her life on July 21, 1999 but her remains were only recently recovered on September 30, 2005. Born September 14, 1964, she was the daughter of William Robert and Patricia Ann Friedrich Jones of Kewanna. On June 25, 1988, in the Fulton Baptist Temple Church, she was married to Robert P. Kirkley of Plymouth, who survives in Mishawaka, IN. A 1983 graduate of Caston High School, Lorie was valedictorian of her class and was the recipient of the DAR Good Citizen Award, the Tanya Smith Award, the Sunshine Nursing Scholarship, a Hoosier scholarship, and a Purdue University scholarship. She was President of the Sunshine Society, a member of the National Honor Society, Student Council, Drama Club, Drama Club Honorary, Swing Choir, the girls basketball team, and attended the Dick Lugar Symposium as well as being a Girls State Delegate. A 1987 "with distinction" graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and was pursuing her Master's Degree from Purdue University at Calumet. Lorie was a member of Golden Key Honorary and Sigma Theta International Nursing Honorary at Purdue. She was a residence hall counselor and earned an Indianapolis Methodist Hospital Scholarship in addition to a Leadership Award. Lorie was also a member of the Purdue Reamer Club and a pilot for the Purdue University "Boilermaker Special." She was a member of the Hebron Faith Baptist Church where she was involved as a Sunday School teacher and as a youth leader. An avid bicyclist, she loved life and lived it to the fullest with enthusiasm, laughter and energy. She was devoted to helping others. Lorie was employed as a cardiac nurse at the Northwest Indiana Heart Center, Porter County Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso. Surviving in addition to her parents and husband are her maternal grandmother, Alice King Friedrich of Kewanna, IN; aunts and uncles, Jerry and Connie Jones of Winamac, Reverend Terry and Pam Campbell of Greenfield, and Allan and Kathy Smith and Larry and Gloria Friedrich, all of Kewanna, IN; several nieces, nephews and cousins; her mother-in-law, Helen Kirkley, Plymouth; a brother-in-law, William Kirkley, Colorado Springs, Colo.; and three sisters-in-law, Susan Fish and husband Jerry of Lawrenceville, GA; Cynthia Smith and husband Patric of Flowery Branch, GA; and Patricia Kirkley, Dallas, Ga. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, John Friedrich, paternal grandfather and grandmother, Robert and Marjorie Jones, and Father-In-Law, Robert E. Kirkley. Services will be officiated by Reverend Terry Campbell, Pastor Bruce Russell & Pastor David Price Burial will be in the Grass Creek Cemetery near Grass Creek, IN Memorial contributions may be made to the Fulton Baptist Temple AWANA Children's program C/O Fulton Baptist Temple ,106 West Dunn, Fulton, IN 46931 For those who may not be able to attend the services condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.gundrumfuneralhome.net