OBIT: Virginia Elizabeth (ICKES) KIRBY, 1972, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ KIRBY Mrs. Virginia Elizabeth Kirby, 73, of Garvey Manor, Hollidaysburg, formerly of Somerset, died Dec. 10 in Garvey Manor Nursing Home, Hollidaysburg. She was born Feb. 12, 1899, in Elton, a daughter of the late Chauncey S. and Rose Ann Eichensehr Ickes. She was also preceded in death by her husband Thomas A. Kirby, a former executive with General Telephone, Johnstown; a son, Robert; daughters Joan and Alice; a granddaughter; and two brothers. She is survived by three grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. She was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Somerset. Friends will be received after 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Richard E. Hauger Funeral Home where wake service will be conducted Tuesday at 8 p.m. Requiem mass at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, the Rev. Samuel Tomaselli officiating. Interment in St. Johns Gualbert Cemetery, Johnstown, Richland Township. Daily American, 11 December 1972 [K0706]