Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kirkby, Frances Clara (Pierce) 2005 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net January 7, 2011, 10:03 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 30 Mar 2005 Frances Clara Kirkby, age 89, went to sleep in the arms of Jesus at home with her family at her bedside, on Sunday, March 27, 2005. Frances was preceded in death by her parents Bertha and Frank Pierce, her husband Gerald Kirkby, sister Evelyn Mathis, and one Grandchild Jessica Heather Kirkby. She is survived by her son John, daughter-in-law Jan, granddaughter Catharine Frances Hunt, grandson in-law Joshua Hunt. She was a long time member of the Ionia Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Ionia. She was known for all the work she did for her Lord and Savior, and will be sadly missed. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ionia Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 721 Elmwood Drive, Ionia. Visitation is 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. just prior to the funeral. Pastor James Micheff, Jr. will officiate. Family has requested in lieu of flowers that memorial donations be made to Heartland Hospice of Grand Rapids, Ionia Seventh-Day Adventist Elementary School, or Three Angels Broadcasting Network. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kirkby10582nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb