Shirley Kitchen

Born in Topeka, Kansas on August 9, 1922

Departed on September 27, 2014 and resided in Brentwood, Tennessee

Shirley G. Kitchen died September 27, 2014 in Nashville, TN. She was born at home Aug. 9, 1922, to Omar and Olive Dodge in Topeka, KS.

She worked on the family farm near Overbrook, KS, during her school years and also in the Lyndon district Court office during the summers before graduating from Overbrook High School. She attended Topeka Business School and worked a short time in the office of Ripley's Laundry in Topeka. She was a lifetime member of The Church of Christ.

She married Oliver A. Kitchen of Lyndon in 1941. They farmed in Osage and Wabaunsee Counties in Kansas, and were active 4-H Club leaders. Her husband became a commodity futures broker in 1969, and she assisted him in the brokerage offices in Florida and Tennessee until they retired in Nashville in 1984. After retirement, they kept busy buying, selling, and leasing farm and ranch land.

Her husband preceded her in death in 2003, after which she moved to Topeka and resided at Thornton Place, Rolling Hills, and Brewster Place Retirement homes. She is survived by two sons: Douglas and his wife P.J. of Nashville, TN , and Brent and his wife Judy of Mt. Vernon, MO; three adult grandchildren- Brian Kitchen and his wife Anne of Austin, TX, Brenda Kitchen of Edmond, OK, and Stacey Stewart and her husband William of Edmond, OK; and one great granddaughter, Berkley Stewart of Edmond, OK.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Harpeth Hills Funeral Home where a celebration of Shirley's life will be conducted at 2:00 pm with Brother Clifford Dobbs officiating.

Burial at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens in Nashville, TN.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Guardian Hospice; 741 Cool Springs Blvd. Ste. 102, Franklin, TN or the Nashville Humane Association 213 Oceola Ave, Nashville, TN 37209, in loving memory of Mrs. Shirley G. Kitchen