Irvin Junior Kinkeade Published: Monday, February 7, 2011 1:59 PM CST Dec. 22, 1921 –– Feb. 4, 2011

MONTROSE –– Irvin Junior Kinkeade, 89, of Montrose died Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, in the Montrose Health Center.

He was born on Dec. 22, 1921, in Argyle, the son of Irvin Oscar and Mary Fay Derr Kinkeade.

He graduated from Argyle High School with the Class of 1938.

He was a veteran of the United States Navy and proudly served his country during World War II.

He was a member of the American Quarterhorse Association and a charter member of the American Paint Horse Association.

ADVERTISEMENT He also judged horse shows in Hagen, Germany, in 1985 for the Germany Paint Horse Association.

Junior owned and operated Kinkeade Stables in Keokuk. He also worked for Sunset Stables in Fort Madison and Riverside Stables in Montrose.

He showed and judged horses all over the world. Junior was one of the best horse trainers in the United States.

Survivors include: four sons, Ron Kinkeade and his wife, Bettie, of Danville, Clinton Derr and his wife, Arla, of Wayland, Mo., Michael Kinkeade and Lyle Price and his wife, Karla, of Collinsville, Okla.; two daughters, Lori Price and Claudia Kinkeade; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rozella Johnson and her husband, Harold, of Montrose and Leila Hancock of Farmington; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Wilda Saltzgraver.

Graveside services with military rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Oakland – Sand Cemetery, Vincennes, with the Rev. Geoff Mitchell officiating.

Visitation is from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Vigen Memorial Home, Keokuk, with family meeting friends at that time.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Montrose Care Center.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.vigenmemorialhome.com.