Bob Kilcullen Obit

Robert Kilcullen Obituary

 

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KILCULLEN, Robert B. Robert B. Kilcullen of Denver, Colorado, formerly of the Dallas, Texas area died on Saturday, August 24 in the presence of his family, following a period of declining health. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Estelle and Bernard Kilcullen, on May 13, 1934, and married Kathryn Hall on June 23, 1962, in Waterloo, Iowa. Bob graduated from Southwest High School in St. Louis and received a scholarship to Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, where he majored in Art and lettered 4 years in football. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears where he played for 9 years as a defensive end and tackle. Kilcullen was a member of the 1963 Chicago Bear World Championship Team, defeating the New York Giants. He was drafted simultaneously and served in the U.S. Army in 1959 and 1960. He received his Real Estate License and moved to Dallas in 1973 specializing in Commercial Real Estate Sales. The highlight of his real estate career was locating and assembling the land to be chosen by John Murchison and Harry Parker of the Dallas Museum of Art to be the new site for this museum to be moved from Fair Park. This museum and the property assembled was the beginning of the development of the contiguous area in downtown Dallas known as the Dallas Arts District. In 1985 Kilcullen exhibited his own bronze horse head sculpture in the Art Museum's Look, Touch and Feel exhibit. In 1984, as president of the NFL Alumni, Dallas Chapter, Kilcullen along with Lee Roy Jordon and Jim Ray Smith, in cooperation with the Dallas Cowboy's launched the 1rst Annual Welcome Home Cowboy Luncheon. This charitable event continues today to benefit numerous charities including the Neurofibromatosis Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs and the Cowboy's Charitable Foundation. Throughout his Commercial Real Estate Career and since his retirement in 2001, Kilcullen, has continued to pursue his art in various diverse ways. A bronze crucifix he designed is installed in the chapel of The Prince of Peace Catholic Church, in Plano, Texas. He has continued to contribute his art to raise funds and support various charitable organizations. Children, Timothy Kilcullen, of Denver, Christopher (Tyra) Kilcullen, of Evergreen, Co. Courtney Kilcullen, Denver, Meagan Kilcullen, Denver and 3 grandchildren, Ansel (Lauren), Kilcullen, Charleston, South Carolina, Aiden Baker, Pilot Point, Tx., Julayne Kilcullen, San Diego, Ca, brother Tom (Jan), Kilcullen, sister, Diane Heigel of St. Louis. A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 10:00 on Friday, September 6, at Christ the King Church on 8th and Elm Street, in Denver. In lieu of flowers the family would prefer any donations to the Alzheimer's Association, St. Jude Hospital or charity of your choice.