By JASEN LEE
Deseret News 

105-year-old man credits a life of 'staying out of trouble'

 

November 2, 2018



SANDY, Utah (AP) — For most of his adult life, Don Kirk was a man who enjoyed dancing. In fact, for many of the nearly 64 years he was married, he and his wife Olive danced as much as they could.

"He met my mother at Saltair, back in the days when Saltair had the big dance hall," explained Richard Kirk, 78, the middle child and only son of the couple's seven children. "He and my mother were great dancers who danced all of their lives."

Olive Kirk passed away in November 1994, but even after losing the love of his life, Don Kirk kept dancing two to three times a week, his son said. It was a pas...



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