POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby
constitute and appoint Thomas J. Mielke, Jeffrey P. Melucci, Jeffrey S. McFall,
Grant B. McGee and Robert F. Westover, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for his and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute and acknowledge Form 144 under the Securities

Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule 144 thereunder, and
Forms 3, 4, and 5 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder,
any amendments to such forms, and any and all other documents (and amendments
thereto),
including, without  limitation, Form ID, necessary or desirable to facilitate
the
filing by the undersigned of Form 144 and forms under Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act,
with respect to securities of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the "Company"), and to
  deliver
and file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in
connection
therewith, to and with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the national
securities
exchanges and the Company, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing

requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his or her substitute
or
their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The
undersigned agrees that each of the attorneys-in-fact herein may rely entirely
on information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to such
attorney-in-fact.

         The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any
manner by reason of the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by
the undersigned in favor of persons other than those named herein.

           This Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect until
the
undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 or Form 144
with
regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of the
Company, unless earlier revoked in writing.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of
November 2015.


                                                      /s/ Fabian T. Garcia
                                                          Fabian T. Garcia