Kirchner, George Michael, 62, of Wheeling, died Friday, March 20, 2012 in the Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling.
George was born March 29, 1950, in Wheeling, WV, the son of the late George Oliver and Elizabeth Jane Flaherty Kirchner.
He was a former coal miner at Valley Camp Coal Company, a former employee for Westinghouse Electrical Corporation in Union City, Indiana, a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam.
George was a member of Knights of Columbus, 3rd Degree, American Legion Post #1, DAV in Bellaire and served in NATO.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Kelly Lynn Pearson.
Surviving are a son, Jason Paul Kirchner; a daughter, Tina Marie Kirchner, both of Greenville, OH; four sisters, Frances Kay Johnson and her husband, Bob of El Paso, TX, Margaret Ann Stocke and her husband, Raymond, Mary Lou Klosterman, Elizabeth Jane Bentz , all of Wheeling; two grandsons, Holden and Adam; a granddaughter, Ashley Marie Shouse; several nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, from 2-8 p.m. at Kepner Funeral Home-Burke Chapel, 2101 Warwood ave., Wheeling. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 10 a.m. at Corpus Christi Catholic Church with Monsignor Eugene S. Ostrowski as celebrant. Interment in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling.