Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kirby, Lawrence R. March 2, 1978 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com November 25, 2016, 1:20 pm Daily Sentinel-Standard - Friday, March 3, 1978 MUIR- Lawrence R. Kirby, 66, of Stone road, died Thursday morning at Ionia County Memorial hospital following a short illness. He was born December 31, 1911 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Edward and Lydia Kirby. He moved to the Muir area when he was 10 years old and attended Muir public schools. Mr. Kirby was an employee of the Ionia Free Fair Association. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Johnson of Vickeryville, two stepsons, Paul Thornton of Muir and Russell Curtis of Lyons, five step daughters, Mrs. Betty Ellis and Mrs. Helen Snyder of Lyons, Mrs. Dixie Twigg of Sunnyvale, California, Mrs. Judy Hartman of Ionia and Mrs. Darlene Lehman of Muir, two brothers, Royal of Ionia and Ernest of Lyons; seven sisters, Mrs. Ethel King of Charlotte, Mrs. Mabel Hunt of Lansing, Mrs. Marjorie Shepley of Florida, Mrs. Blanche Bredice and Mrs. Pauline Adair of Ionia, Mrs. Ruth Witherell of Lowell and Mrs. Josephine Sheldon of Greenville; 29 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Services are Saturday at 2 pm from Hull memorial chapel with Rev. Ralph Barton of Temple Baptist church officiating. Burial is in Sunset memorial gardens cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kirby33467nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb