Gary George Kiphart

Gary was born to George E & Elaine E Kiphart on April 15, 1943 in West Allis WI. Gary passed on March 2, 2023 at the age of 79 at the Smithfield Hospital in NC. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 36 years Patricia Kiphart & three sons Gary D Kiphart, Rodney S Kiphart, and Sean E Kiphart. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Ronald L and sister Janice E Kiphart. After completing high school in 1961 Gary spent 20 yrs in the US Air Force with tours in Japan, Philippines, Viet Nam and Korea defending his country. He retired in 1982 where he then implemented his core values of Honor, Duty, Loyalty, and Integrity from his military career into his next career working for the US Postal Service for 23 years, retiring in 2006. Gary was an extremely talented low handicap golfer from the age of 14 to well into his 70's. He was very fond of his dogs having several Labrador Retrievers throughout his long life. Gary touched all of the lives around him in profound ways making his sudden passing that much more difficult. In lieu of flowers, Gary would be extremely thankful if the people that loved and adored him would donate to operationbattlebuddies4vets.com, an organization that provides trained emotional support Labrador Retrievers to veterans and their families that deal with seen and unseen military related injuries while serving their country. Events Details are pending.