KIRK & HELEN KIRKLAND
Designated Memorial for Recreation

Clyde W. “Kirk” Kirkland was born March 5, 1916, in Bellaire, Ohio, to Dr. C. Wallace Kirkland and Ona Jebb Kirkland. Raised in Bellaire, he was a 1940 graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a lieutenant colonel in Army ordnance during World War II, serving in North Africa and Italy, and he received a Bronze Star. He worked for Ohio Power Company for 38 years, and retired in 1978. He was a member of Elks Lodge 157, and of the Rotary Club, and he received the Paul Harris Award.

Helen Johnson Kirkland was born February 1, 1916, in,
Fromberg, Montana, to Van Elbert Johnson and Helen May
Linn Johnson. Raised in California, she graduated from the nursing program at French Hospital in San Francisco in 1937. She received her flight nurse training at Bowman Field, Kentucky, in 1944 and served with the 813th Air Vac U.S. Army Air Corps as a 1St Lt flight nurse during World War II.

Kirk and Helen met at Williams Field, Arizona, in 1942, and they were married in 1945 They enjoyed traveling, and made extensive trips together throughout the United States. Later, they visited their children from Central America to Nepal. Their favorite sport throughout life was golf, and they enjoyed playing on many courses around the United States, and were active in local golf associations.