POPULAR Guyanese caterer and Chinese historian Mrs. Margery Kirkpatrick, who died last Saturday, will be cremated today at the Memorial Gardens Crematorium, Le Repentir, following a Church Service at St. Saviour’s Church, Broad and Saffon Street, Charlestown. The service begins at 15:00 hrs.

Mrs. Kirkpatrick died at the Caribbean Heart Institute, following a brief period illness. She was 76.
Her family last evening confirmed that the Chinese Association will be honouring Mrs. Kirkpatrick for the service she has rendered them through the years, with a pair of ‘Black and White’ Lion dances. The dance will be performed by the lions, as her body is taken from the hearse to the church door.
General Manager of the popular Kirkpatrick’s Catering Service on Jamoon Drive, Meadowbrook Gardens, she had made a big impact in the catering business in Guyana and was known for her tasty cuisine. She also offered for rental, a prestigious banquet venue, ‘Kirkpatrick’s Garden Room’, for the hosting of wedding receptions and staff parties under a lush, green garden-like atmosphere.
Born and bred in Guyana, but of Chinese descent, Mrs. Kirkpatrick nee’ Ting-A-Kee, was, for a number of years, Deputy President of the Chinese Association of Guyana, a task she performed with distinction until her retirement in 2014.
Proud of her heritage, Mrs. Kirkpatrick served the Sino-Guyanese community with pride and in 2012, authored her second book, “The Way We Were – Memories of a Childhood in British Guiana”. In her publication, she chronicles the Chinese experience in then colonial British Guiana, recounting and capturing vividly the intrigues of her life as a third- generation Chinese girl growing up in the plural society of British Guiana in the 1940s.
Marjorie was the wife of Mr. Dougal Kirkpatrick, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Professional Guard Service, a premier security service in Guyana. She is also survived by three offspring: Melanie Mc Turk; Dougal I. Keith Kirkpatrick and Sean Maurice Kirkpatrick; daughter-in-law, Leana Kirkpatrick and two grandchildren: Dougal Michael and Stephanie Mc Turk.