Beverly Kirkpatrick

Beverly first came to Santa Barbara in the late 1950s with her husband, Dean, where he was the harbor master for the Coast Guard. They eventually moved back to their hometown of Burbank, where Beverly worked full-time, putting her husband through dental school at USC. They planned to open a dental practice in Santa Barbara upon his graduation, but this was cut short when two of his classmates beat him to the punch! Beverly and husband then packed up to San Francisco to start their dental practice, and raise their two children, during which, Beverly would take her kids to the old Miramar every Summer, Christmas, as well as camp in Carpinteria; keeping the love affair with Santa Barbara alive. Upon retiring in 1998, Beverly finally returned to her beloved Santa Barbara as a full-time resident, until her peaceful passing, at the ripe old age of 92, three months before her 93rd birthday. She leaves behind four grandchildren; Sage, Seth, Gaby, and Gaston, as well as her two children, Erin, and Sean Kirkpatrick; a local landscape painter here in Santa Barbara. A commemorative bench is in the works to honor a beautiful person, grandmother, mother, that walked this earth. If you would like to contribute to this bench, please email: sean@seankirkpatrick.com