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Richard Kilgore, 83, Moose Lake, died peacefully on Monday, February 7, 2022 in Essentia Health Moose Lake.  He was born on August 27, 1938 in Superior, Wisconsin where he grew up and attended Superior Cathedral with the Class of 1958.  Richard entered the Airforce in 1956 which led to a 22 year career that concluded in 1978 as he was Honorably Discharged as a Master Sergeant.  On August 27, 1958, Richard married the love of his life, Janice Johnson in Superior.  They lived throughout the United States where Richard was stationed and to this union 6 children were born in 6 separate states.  At the end of Richard's Military career, they lived in Duluth from 1975 until 1978 when he retired and moved to Moose Lake.  Since retiring was not in Richard's vocabulary, he began another career and worked at the Moose Lake State Hospital and later the MSOP for over 30 years, retiring in 2010.  Richard was a member at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Barnum and later Holy Angels Catholic Church, Moose Lake.  He was a huge Green Bay Packers Fan and a proud shareholder!  Richard had an incredible love of music and appreciated all kinds of genres.  He loved cookies, babies, and playing the role of "sucker man" by handing out suckers to children for over 40 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents: Marion and Grace Kilgore and four brothers: Michael, Kenneth, Brian, and an infant brother: Kevin John.

Richard will be lovingly remembered by his wife and true love, Janice; 6 children: Shawn Kilgore; Dawn (Mike) Underland; Allan (Colette) Kilgore; Aaron (Traci) Kilgore; Matthew (April) Kilgore; and Jean Marie (Jim) Blair; 23 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephew, and friends.