AUSTIN -- James E. Kilgore, 71, of 606 Fifth Place S.E., a retired longtime Hormel Foods Corp. employee and lifelong Austin resident, died of natural causes Monday (Jan. 10, 1994) at his home.

He was born Sept. 18, 1922, in Austin and graduated from Austin High School in 1942. Mr. Kilgore was employed at Hormel for many years before his retirement in 1984. He was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church.

Survivors include a sister, Ardella Haldorson of Austin. A brother preceded him in death.

A memorial serfice will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin, with the Rev. James I. Mikkelson officiating. Burial will be in Woodbury Cemetery in Lyle.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary here and an hour before the service Saturday at the church. There will be no reviewal. @et