Bekki (Blackford) Kirkland

Bekki Louise (Blackford) Kirkland, 49, of Ogden, Iowa passed away at her home on Sunday, April 26, 2020 doing what she loved; planting sunflowers. Bekki was born on December 29, 1970 at Broadlawns Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.

On September 30, 2017, she married the love of her life, Eldon Kirkland. She was devoted to her loving husband and step-son Aiden, and loved to spend time with them outside in the garden at their country home in Ogden.

Bekki is survived by too many loved ones to count. She was loving mother to Zack Bowden, devoted daughter to Ellen (Doug) Beckman and James (Ginna) Blackford, and beloved sister to Jill (Brian) Leonard and Jaime (Mike) Kidder.

Bekki was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and used the gift of her own journey to help countless women change their own lives. Bekki worked at the Des Moines Public Library as the Library Office Manager and was passionate about her career. Besides loving to be in her gardens at home, Bekki and Eldon loved the freedom of the open road on their Harley Davidson motorcycles and often traveled cross country together. A few of their most favorite and memorable trips were to Sturgis in South Dakota, The Bishop’s Castle in Colorado, Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, and visiting loved ones in California. Bekki will forever be remembered for her infectious laugh, her giddy excitement over life’s smallest miracles, and most of all - her heart of gold.

The family will receive visitors from 12-2 p.m., Saturday, May 9, 2020, at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Avenue in Des Moines. We kindly ask you to be mindful of your time greeting the family as we must work within the Covid-19 restrictions.

A private service will be available to livestream at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday through Hamilton’s website www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the family in loving memory of Bekki.

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