"Dear Helen - One of my earliest memories of you was you scolding Curtis for pulling my hair! You were my best friend Fred's Mom! Your husband Pete was one of my most favorite people for years and years! Your daughter, Fred, is one of the best people I have ever known - you did that, that's your kid! Good job and thank you! I remember several midnight drives and lots of long talks about life. You and Fred were the first ones to know I was pregnant at 16. You bought her a little purple onesie way before she was born and we knew she was a girl! I remember you taking me to get my first lottery ticket and I also remember some fun times that I will not mention but for sure I am smiling and I bet you are too! Until we meet again! I love you! "
In loving memory of
Helen Kirby 01/05/2019
March 20, 1945 - January 5, 2019
Helen Kirby, 73, of Lincoln, IA, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, MN. A memorial visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 11, 2019, at the Salem Church of Lincoln in Lincoln, IA. Arrangements are entrusted to the Gladbrook Chapel of Anderson Funeral Homes. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonfhs.com.
Helen was born March 20, 1945, to Curtis and Wanita (Jones) Wood in Annapolis, MD. She was educated in the Waterloo, IA, area. Helen was united in marriage to Alvertis "Pete" Kirby on March 30, 1963, in Milan, IL. She was a homemaker. Later in life, she was employed as a clerk, assisting several businesses in the LaHarp, IL, area. Helen enjoyed playing cards, especially pinochle. She was a member of a Yahtzee club. Helen loved ceramics and crafts. Most of all, she enjoyed time spent with family and friends.
Helen will be missed by her daughter, Nancy (Bob) Heise of Gladbrook; a son, Curtis Kirby of Peoria, IL; two grandchildren: Rob (Lydia Hoenstein) Heise and Allen Heise; her loving dog, Freeway; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Pete, and a sister, Nancy Jones.
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"Aunt Helen I was so looking forward to doing a lot with you this spring and summer and you hold a special place in my heart and we had so many good times and fun and you where there for me all the time when I needed you and now I feel so empty with mom and you both gone now.We always talked every week 2 or 3 times and I will miss that as well and the road trips we would take .I love you and Miss you .Love Troy"
"She was a great friend of mine. Always there for me. I will miss her."