Kirk Eugene Flom, age 50 of Solon, Iowa, died on Thursday, November 15, 2018 in an automobile accident near Solon.
Funeral Services will be on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 2:00 pm at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hartington, Nebraska with Rev. Amanda Talley officiating. Burial will be in the Lawn Ridge Cemetery in Coleridge, Nebraska. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington. Visitation will begin one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday. To view the video tribute, or to send online condolences, please visit www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com.
Pallbearers will be Ron Brodersen, Louis Guy, Elijah Horn, Hunter Wilson, Gary Kuchta, Elmer Becker, Kevin Schindler and Bruce Simmons.
Kirk was born on March 1, 1968 in Osmond, Nebraska to Harold Cornelius and Donna Mae (Brodersen) Flom. He grew up in the Coleridge area and was baptized and confirmed in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Coleridge. Kirk graduated from the Coleridge High School in 1986 and then graduated from Midland College in Fremont, Nebraska with a Degree in Business Management. Kirk married Lori Cook on July 4, 1998 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the General Manager of several motel chains which required him to move and live in various communities throughout the United States. Kirk had lived in Solon, Iowa since 2011 and was a customer service agent in a call center in Coralville, Iowa.
Kirk loved playing poker and won several trophies in tournaments. He was a big fan of March Madness and loved to watch the Nebraska Cornhuskers play football and basketball.
Kirk is survived by his mother, Donna Flom of Hartington; a sister, Susan Wilson of Des Moines, Iowa; a niece, Shanna and Jarvis Horn of Blue Springs, Missouri, a nephew, David and Megan Wilson of Jesup, Georgia and several great nieces and great nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Harold in 1985 at the age of 55 and a sister, Sharol Flom in 2008.