Henry C. Kirk

Henry Carter Kirk of Pass Christian died peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 26th. He was 88. Mr. Kirk was born on September 6, 1918 in Hillside, New Jersey. Following graduation from Rutgers University, he proudly served his country in the U.S. Army from 1940 until 1945 during World War II. He was in the first wave of the landing at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944; was wounded and taken prisoner in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944; and was the recipient of numerous Purple Hearts among other decorations. Following the war, he joined U.S. Steel, where he was EVP of Shipping & Transportation for 10 years before forming his own logistics company, operating globally. He was a member of the National Cargo Bureau, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Plimsoll Club of New Orleans and the Pass Christian Yacht Club. He was married in 1961 to Karen Margrethe Dalsgaard of Denmark. They lived in New York City; Greenwich, Connecticut; Hattiesburg and Jackson, Mississippi; New Orleans, Louisiana and Pass Christian, Mississippi. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Karen, their son, Niels Carter Kirk and his wife Karin de Besche Kirk, their daughter, Elizabeth Kirk Weymouth and her husband, Philip Blackburn Weymouth III, and four loving grandsons, Philip Riegel Weymouth, Henry Carter Weymouth, Oscar Alexander Carter Kirk and James Blackburn Weymouth. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 30th, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Church on 125 Church Avenue in Pass Christian. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers that donations be made to Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 459, Pass Christian, MS 39571, to facilitate the church’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport, is in charge of arrangements.