Jeffery Andrew Kinkade

Jeffery Andrew Kinkade was born April 30, 1963, in Oildale, California. He passed away on August 26, 2023, in his home south of Mansfield.

He was raised in Big Creek, California, a small mountain community of approximately 200 people. Jeffery graduated from Sierra High School in 1981. He grew up learning to hunt, fish, water skiing and backpacking, which he enjoyed. He would backpack all over the central Sierra’s high country on fishing trips. He worked in the logging industry for several years until the logging was shut down.

In 1999, he moved to Missouri with the rest of the Kinkade clan. He liked Missouri and had various jobs in the Mansfield/Ava area. Jeffery performed many maintenance duties for several people in the area and was well thought of by everyone he worked for. He was highly intelligent and patriotic and didn’t hesitate to let his political leanings be known.

God Bless you Jeffery. Mom and Dad will miss you for ever and ever and ever. We love you very, very much.

He is survived by his parents, brother, sister, nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, other relatives and friends.

He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.