Minnie Hesling Kilpatrick

Mrs. Minnie Hesling Kilpatrick passed away peacefully December 18, 2013 in Suwanee, Georgia. She was born in Savannah, Georgia on February 19, 1925 to Laura Meitzler Hesling and Richard Dennis Hesling, Sr. After graduating from Commercial High School in 1943 she was employed by Great Dane Trailers (formerly Steel Products) and later by Seaboard Railroad. She was a loving daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother. She dedicated her life to her family. She was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, Jerome Joseph Kilpatrick, Sr. her sister, Mary Elizabeth O Neil, her brother, Richard Dennis Hesling, Jr. She is survived by three children; Jerome Joseph and Yvonne Younis Kilpatrick of Suwanee, Georgia, Nancy Kilpatrick Whitney and the late John L. Whitney, Jr of Kennesaw, Georgia and Mark Richard and Lisa Nunn Kilpatrick of Acworth, Georgia. Also, six grandchildren; Keith Jonathan Kilpatrick of San Francisco, California, John Leslie Whitney, III of Santa Rosa, California, Justin Kilpatrick Whitney and David Michael Whitney of Kennesaw, Georgia and Cameron Christopher Kilpatrick and Kaitlyn Elizabeth Kilpatrick of Acworth, Georgia. Mrs. Kilpatrick was a former communicant of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Savannah, Georgia. Graveside services will be held at Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 9 a.m. Father Brett Brannen officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Cure Alzheimer s Fund, 34 Washington Street, Suite 200, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 or [email protected] Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home & Crematory, 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, GA 30040 (770) 886-9899.