Leander L. ''Fate'' Kirstein

December 3, 1919 ~ July 7, 2001
Resided in:
Fairview, NC
A native of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Leander Edward and Margaret ''Maggie'' Nesbitt Kirstein. He was the husband of the late Stella ''Juanita'' Courtney Kirstein who died in 1974 and Dorothy Thomson Kirstein who died in 1990.
Reverend Kirstein was a WWII veteran of the US Air Force serving in the South Pacific. He was member of the Buncombe Baptist Association, a retired minister and the former pastor of Laurel Springs Baptist Church.
Reverend Kirstein is survived by two sons, Steve and Mike Kirstein of Fairview; a sister, Irene Presley of Fairview and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of which he was a member. The Revs. Bill Day and Joe Pressley will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 - 8:30 PM Monday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian where the body will remain until placed in the church thirty minutes before services.
Memorials may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 455 Hollywood Road, Fairview, NC 28730.
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