A graveside funeral service for Evie Orene Kinsey, age 97, of San Angelo, formerly of Brownwood and Crane, will be at 2:00 PM Monday, May, 20, 2013 in the Rocky Creek Cemetery with Rick Justice officiating.
Orene went to live with Jesus on Thursday, May 16, 2013 in San Angelo. She was born on December 10, 1915 in Carey, Texas to Homer and Alda (York) Kingston.
Orene worked as a cook in the Crane High School cafeteria for 20 years and attended Tabernacle Baptist Church. She leaves many friends in both places.
After retiring from Crane I.S.D., she moved to Brownwood. Orene and her husband D.L. “Kirk” Kinsey loved to fish and camp and they enjoyed their retirement doing that and working in their church, Rocky Creek Baptist.
In March of 2003, Orene moved to San Angelo to live with her daughter. She had Alzheimer’s disease and was a resident at Sagecrest Alzheimer’s Care Center.
Orene was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, four brothers, a sister, and a daughter, Regena Kinsey Mills. She is survived by two daughters, Lila Gooch and husband Ray, Sue Tuttle and husband Don; two sons, Donald R. Kinsey and wife Shearon, and James C. Kinsey; twelve grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and eleven great-great-grandchildren.
Condolences can be offered to the family at www.heartlandfuneralhome.net
