ESTHER EMMA KIRBEY
March 14, 1919-Feb. 20, 2015
Visitation: Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Service: 1 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home. Burial: Greenfield Cemetery, Jerico Springs.
Mrs. Kirbey, 95, Jerico Springs, died at 9:10 a.m. Friday at Moore-Few Nursing Home in Nevada. She was born in Opolus, Missouri, to John W. and Ruth V. (Cox) Hughes.
She married Andy Lamb, and to this union a son, William A. Lamb, was born. She later married Lue Kirbey July 4, 1953, and to this union a son, Kenneth W. Kirbey, was born.
She was an licensed practical nurse at the Nevada State Hospital, where she retired at age 65 after 26 years of service. She lived and worked on the family farm in Jerico Springs.
Survivors include a son, William of Nevada; three grandchildren, Tammy Gillette-Williams and husband Terry of Lamar, Rick Lamb and wife Sharon of Webster, New York, and Mike Kirbey and wife Carrie of Lamar; 10 great-grandchildren, Katie, Johnathan, Gregory, Tracie, Joni, Kayla, Kimber, Michael, Keeton and Hunter; seven great-great-grandchildren, Morgan, Jakob, Chris, Taylor, Austin, Kace and Elijah, and one on the way.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Andy; her second husband Lue in 1992; a son, Kenneth W. Kirbey March 5, 1982 in Alton, Illinois; and a brother, Johnny Hughes.
Visitation is from noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Services follow at 1 p.m. with Bro. Lorne Brown officiating. Burial is in Greenfield Cemetery, Jerico Springs. Memorials may be made to the family in care of Ferry Funeral Home. Online condolences can be made at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.
