Kris Janine (Thornbloom) Kirkhove

Kris Janine Kirkhove, 52, of Annawan, passed away Tuesday, May 03, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family.  A Funeral Service celebrating her life will be at 10:30 am on Saturday, May 7th at Vandemore Funeral Homes & Crematory, Geneseo.  Rev. Terry Lancaster will officiate.  Burial will follow at Mineral Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4-7 pm on Friday at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the Mineral United Methodist Church.

Kris was born on November 14, 1963 in Moline, IL, the daughter of Paul and Sandra (Huggins) Thornbloom.   She was a 1981 graduate of Geneseo High School.  She was united in marriage to Donald Kirkhove on September 26, 1987.  Kris was a Senior Project Manager at JFECC in Geneseo.  She had worked at Hanford Insurance, the Mineral Chuckwagon, and for 2 years she drove a school bus for the Annawan School District.    

Kris was a member of the Mineral United Methodist Church and the Mineral Booster Club.  She was the Mineral Village Clerk and served on the Mineral Library Board.  She was an avid sports mom.  Kris enjoyed weekend shopping trips to Galena with family and friends.

She is survived by her husband, Donald; daughter: Kaitlyn Mackenzie Kirkhove of Annawan; son: Donovan Paul Kirkhove of Annawan; father: Paul J. Thornbloom of Moline.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents and her mother, Sandra in 1993.

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