Rev. Andrew M. Kilpatrick, Jr.
Tewksbury
The Reverend Andrew M. Kilpatrick, Jr. of Tewksbury, MA died peacefully on May 7, 2023 at the Blaire House. He was 96 years old. Born May 19,1926 in Fitchburg, MA, he was the son of the late Andrew M. Kilpatrick, Sr. and Carolyn May (Watson) Kilpatrick. He was a 1944 graduate of Fitchburg High School. Later that year, he joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific Theatre until 1946. In 1950 he graduated from Gordon College in Boston, MA with a BA in Theology. He studied one year at Northern Baptist Seminary, Chicago, Illinois. He furthered his education at Gordon Divinity School in Wenham, MA, where he graduated in 1953.
His first wife, of 34 years, Elizabeth A. (Beveridge) Kilpatrick, died in 1985. Rev. Kilpatrick served various churches in many communities including the Bradley Baptist Church and The Great Works Baptist Church in Maine from 1953-57. His next calling was as Founding Pastor of The Trinity Baptist Church in Lynnfield, MA from 1957-62. He then went to be pastor of the First Baptist Church of Adams, MA and the Savoy Baptist Church of Savoy, MA from 1962-66. Other churches included the Greenville Baptist Church of Leicester, MA from 1966-78, the North Billerica Baptist Church from 1978-88 and finally the Granville, NY Baptist Church from 1988 until his retirement in 1993. His lifelong enjoyments have included golf, tennis, ping pong, gardening, travel, and stamp collecting.
He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Mary L. (Simmers) Penton Kilpatrick of Tewksbury, two sons Stephen J. Kilpatrick and wife Sandra G. of Forest, VA and John A. Kilpatrick and wife Lauren A. of Wakefield, MA, four grandchildren, Kristen E. Kilpatrick, Stacey M. Leissing and husband Mark, Justin J. Kilpatrick, and Erin E. Kilpatrick and his great-grandson, Liam Leissing as well as several step grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.