Kim D. Quigley

© Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home

11-1981

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Kim D. Quigley

Birth: Mar. 27, 1969
Death: Nov. 24, 1981

Kim Quigley: Six-Time Poster Child Loses Long Battle

Six-Time Poster Child Loses Long Battle

Kim Quigley, who realized the biggest dream in her life this summer by meeting Jerry Lewis in Oklahoma City as she retired as Oklahoma's Muscular Dystrophy Poster Child, is dead.

The 12-year-old Enid girl, whose parents learned their daughter had the crippling disease when she was 8, died Tuesday evening in St. Mary's Hospital here after suffering a series of illnesses, family members said.

""At the last telethon, she announced that she wouldn't be the poster child anymore, and I think I had a premonition at the time,'' her father, John Quigley, said.

Kim, who often went out in her neighborhood to raise money to fight the disease, had been the poster child for six years.

Kim's mother, Sue, had said her daughter had decided she would not serve as poster child after this year's Labor Day telethon, the annual national effort to fight the disease by entertainer Jerry Lewis and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. ""She thinks it's time she let someone else do it,'' Mrs. Quigley had explained.

Kim finally got to meet Lewis personally last August when the comedian came to Oklahoma City to thank employees of a convenience store chain for their work in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Asssociation.

Kim, during a press conference for Lewis during his visit, sang him a song, part of which said, ""You've got to help those miracles happen on your own.''

Lewis kissed her.

"She loves him,'' Mrs. Quigley had then said of her daughter. ""She'll be on Cloud 9 for two months.''

Funeral services for Kim will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid under direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Her parents asked that memorials be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Graveside services for Dorothy Naomi Duckworth, age 68, of Corpus Christi, Texas, formerly of Enid, will be 1:00 PM Thursday, January 22, 1998, in Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, with Rev. Bill Bushnell officiating. Services are under the direction of the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home, Enid.

Dorothy was born April 25, 1929 in Thomas, Oklahoma and passed away Monday, January 19, 1998, in Corpus Christi. Dorothy was a member of the Maco Class at the First Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, volunteer at Driscoll Children's Hospital Auxiliary in Corpus Christi. She also previously served as executive director of the Corpus Christi Heart Association.

Survivors include her husband, Burford Duckworth of Corpus Christi; son, Larry G. (Tammye) Duckworth, three grandsons, Shane, Trevor, Trent Duckworth; two sisters, Jo Grace Pilant, and Patricia Cook, and daughter-in-law, Cindy Duckworth, all of Oklahoma City. She was preceded in death by her son, B. Kent Duckworth.

Memorials may be made through the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home to the Driscoll Children's Hospital or to the First Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, Texas. Visitation will be 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Thursday at the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

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