Recognized for 45 Years of Service

If it had been a wedding anniversary, it would have been the year of Sapphire. Being a funeral director, however, the protocol and presentation is a finely handcrafted wooden plaque.

Greg Kirkwood, and his wife, Jan, traveled to Miles City last weekend when Greg was presented with a plaque recognizing 45 years of service as a funeral director.

Kirkwood graduated from Wichita West High School in 1965; following he entered the service in the US Air Force seven days after graduation. Through his stint in the AF, he was sent on a mission to recover a downed 135 as part of the Arc Lite Mission in O...