March 14, 1924 - September 15, 2011
Clyde A. Kirkbride died on September 15, 2011 at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Clyde was born on March 14, 1924 in California to Hosea W. and Alma Christine (Kahler) Kirkbride. He grew up in Tehachapi, CA and graduated from Burbank CA High School. He attended one semester at UCLA until he was inducted into the Army Air Corp in 1943.
In April 1943 he met with his wife, Dorothy J. Cribbs. They were married on April 19, 1944. During World War II, Clyde served with the 9th Air Force as a B-26 pilot, completing twenty-one missions out of England and Belgium. After the war's end, Clyde completed his education, graduating in 1953 from Oklahoma A&M with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He was in private practice from 1953 through 1963 in Mountain Grove, Missouri.
Clyde then served on the faculty of Kansas State University from 1963 until 1967. In 1967, the family moved to Brookings where he spent the next 23 years working at the veterinary diagnostic laboratory. He received his Master's degree in microbiology in 1970 from SDSU.Clyde taught courses in animal disease and their control for more than 20 years, as well as serving as an advisor to pre-veterinary medicine students.
He authored the "Control of Livestock Diseases" textbook and over 70 scientific papers on his research. He presented scientific papers in the US, Canada, South America ,New Zealand and Europe. He was an honorary lifetime member of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, the South Dakota Veterinary Medical Association and an honorary Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenology.
Gamma Sigma Delta named him the 1986 Researcher of the Year and in 1989 the South Dakota VMA named him Veterinarian of the Year. He also served as president of the Western Veterinary Conference and was an active member for over 25 years. He also served the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Leptospirosis Research Conference, the National Mastitis Counsel and the US Animal Health Association.
After his retirement in 1989, he served Meals on Wheels and was active with the Volunteer Service Bank. He and his wife continued to travel to see friends and family. He served as commander for the 391st Bomb group and was active in producing a news letter for that organization as well as archiving historical information.
He spent many hours fishing, gardening, working on his computer and reading.When his health started to fail in April of 2011, he and his wife moved to a retirement center in Sioux Falls to be closer to family.
Clyde is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his five children, Sharon Arndt, Barbara Brown, Katie Gilmore and her husband Paul, Tom Kirkbride, and Steve Kirkbride, his four grandchildren, Erika Klimecky and her husband Chris, Frank Arndt and his wife Kristi, Kelsey Gilmore-Futeral and her husband Stephan, and Austin Cody Brown and his wife Rachel. Clyde is also survived by three great-grandchildren, Peyton Arndt and Alex and Erik Klimecky and his sister Eileen Culp of Portland OR
Memorial services will be held at 1 pm on Monday Sept 19 at the United Methodist church in Brookings. In lieu of flowers, family requests that memorials be directed to the SDSU Foundation Jackrabbit Guarantee scholarship program, Advance in Brookings or the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls.
HERITAGE FUNERAL HOME
4800 S Minnesota Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
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