Neville Desmond Kirkpatrick (8 Nov 1942 - 3 Sep 2024)
Funeral Director
In loving memory of Neville Desmond Kirkpatrick who sadly passed away on 3rd September 2024.
A loved Dad to Dan, Grandpa to Matilda, Brother to Marion, Gerald, Ron and Anne, Husband to Sandra and friend to many. A true gentleman.
Neville was born in North Yorkshire on the 8th November 1942 to Reginald and Florence Kirkpatrick. He worked in a variety of jobs upon leaving Archbishop Holgate's including, perhaps unexpectedly to some of you reading this, lorry driving! He found his true calling in the late 1970s - a publican. Firstly at The Black Horse in Ainderby Quernhow and then The Fairfax Arms in Gilling East from 1984 - 1998. He moved with Sandra to Pocklington for a well earned retirement.
Retirement at the age of 55 was not really for Neville and after buying and running a shop in Skipton with Sandra for a couple of years he found a part time position more locally with RM English's in Pocklington. The barman life did eventually draw him back and he worked into his 70s a few evenings each week at The Plough in Hayton and The Hotham Arms. Following Sandra's passing in 2001, Neville found a real passion for walking (a founding member of the Pocklington Ramblers in 2003), long haul travel and golf. He then found a new passion on the 8th September 2021 - doting on his granddaughter, Matilda.
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