Naomi J. Kirkland

September 4, 1925 - February 14, 2021

Naomi Kirkland, 95 of Kearney passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021 at Mother Hull Home in Kearney. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 19, 2021 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Interment will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Roselawn Cemetery in Columbus. Visitation will be 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 19, 2021 at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Mother Hull Home or Kearney Eagles Club. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services. Naomi was born September 4, 1925 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Louis and Myrtle (Richardson) Beebe. She was raised in Silver Creek and Columbus and was a 1943 graduate of Columbus High School. Naomi was united in marriage to Peter Loveless in July of 1945. Following Peter’s death, she married Gilman Kirkland in 1953 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She moved to Kearney in the early 1950’s where she was employed as a bookkeeper by TB Hospital, Ted Dial Construction Company, UNK Student Union, Kearney Drive-In Theatre, and Farmer’s Coop Grain and Supply in Minden. Naomi was a member and past president of the Eagles Auxiliary. She enjoyed reading and Nebraska football. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Nancy DesMarais of Odessa, Mike Loveless and his wife, Anita of Kearney, William “Bill” Kirkland of Kearney, and Patti Richardson of Lincoln; 10 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 3 great great grandchildren; sister-in-law, Wilma Beebe of Miami, OK; as well as several nieces, nephews and extended family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Peter Loveless and Gilman Kirkland; infant son, Jerome; son-in-law, Scott DesMarais; brothers, Ward, Kenneth, and Carl Beebe; sister, Gwen Knight; and sisters-in-law, Beth and Marie Beebe.