Colfax dentist Kirkpatrick to retire

Garth Meyer, Gazette Reporter | May 09, 20190

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Al Kirkpatrick in an exam room at his Colfax office, which he will retire from in June after almost 40 years.

The local kid is turning it over to a local kid.

Al Kirkpatrick, Colfax dentist for the past two-months-short-of 40 years, will retire at the end of June, handing the practice to Matt Mellor, another Colfax native.

Kirkpatrick is the son of the late Harold and Gladys Kirkpatrick.

Harold was a founder of the Kirkpatrick, Utgaard & Perry accounting firm in Colfax, which played a small role in how Al came to be a dentist.

"In the winter, my dad would come home for dinner, then go back to the office until 10 or 11 at night," Al said, referring to tax season. "I figured I didn't want to do that."

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