Kirk Philip Stoddard, 78, of Cosmopolis, Washington passed away Dec. 1, 2022. Kirk confessed Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

Kirk’s memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday the 29th of December 2022. The service will be help at Tahoma National Cemetery at 18600 SE 240th St, Kent, Washington 98042.

He was born to the late Philip and Marguerite Stoddard, Oct. 28, 1944, in Seattle, Washington. After graduating from high school, Kirk joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1964. Kirk was at Camp Pendleton and overseas missions’ assignments took him as far as Morocco.

After the military, Kirk married his first wife Margaret Ann Johnson Stoddard who was also a military veteran (Navy). Kirk enjoyed working in skilled trades jobs and was employed working on aircraft interior assembly for the Boeing Company and in carpentry for various other companies over the years.

A message that Kirk wanted to share is his love for each and everyone of his family members including his brother Mark Stoddard, Uncle Glen Stoddard and family and all his children and grandchildren and extended family and friends. Kirk left the greater Norman, Oklahoma area the year 2016 to relocate back to Washington state to be closer to his younger children in the greater Seattle area. Kirk’s out-of-state children include the oldest daughter in the Dallas Fort Worth, Texas area and a stepdaughter in the Goldsby, Oklahoma area.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Philip and Marguerite Stoddard of Seattle, Washington; and wife, Hilda Ann Bebout Stoddard of Goldsby, Oklahoma.

Arrangements entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen, Washington.