COUNCIL #12537 - SACRED HEART REMEMBERS
KENNETH GOVE

 

Mr. Kenneth C. Gove, 82, of Oak Island died Friday, August 23, 2013.

Mr. Gove was born September 28, 1930, in Hastings, Minnesota, to the late John E. Gove and Felicitas Reichling Gove. Mr. Gove graduated from Hastings High School in 1948 and St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1953. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during the Korean War as a Sergeant First Class with the 47th Infantry Division.

He was employed by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. from 1953 to 1989. He relocated to Oak Island from Charlotte in August 1989.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Southport, where he served as a Communicant and was a charter member of the Knights of Columbus of Sacred Heart Council #12537.

He is survived by his wife, Charlene H. Gove; sons, Thomas C. Gove and wife Teri of Ownings, Maryland, John C. Gove and wife Lucie of Charlotte and Joseph C. Gove and wife Colleen of Charlotte; a daughter, Catherine G. Smith and husband David of Woodstock, Georgia; three grandchildren, Kelsey, Quinn and Olivia; a sister, Charlotte Sieben of Hastings, Minnesota; a brother, Raymond G. Gove of Long Prairie, Minnesota; and three grandchildren.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Stanley and Gordon.