Helen Kirby 01/05/2019

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. ...[more]

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was preceded in death by her husband, Pete, and a sister, Nancy Jones.