Thelma Jewel (West) Kirby
Marriages
Sydney O. Stuthridge - October 8, 1951
Sydney died in 1958.
Harold Kirby - November 17, 1966
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 7 - April 7, 2011
Thelma Jewel Kirby, formerly of McCoy, died March 27 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was 87.
Thelma was born June 17, 1923 to Walter and Margerete Ann Foster West. She married Sydney O. Stuthridge on Oct. 8, 1951, and the couple had two daughters, Karen and Debbie. Thelma also had a stepson, Keith Stuthridge.
Sydney died in 1958 and later Thelma moved to Colorado and married Harold Kirby on Nov. 17, 1966. The couple raised four sons Doug, Phil, Joe and Kirk Kirby.
Thelma worked various jobs during her lifetime, but her favorite was cooking at the McCoy School. She enjoyed the people in the community and had many good memories of her time there. She also cooked for the senior citizens in Eagle for some time. She loved reading and spending time with family. She lived in Colorado until July 2010 and then moved to Illinois to be with family, who were with her at the time of her death.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, her sisters Mary Cambell, Mary Davis and Josephine Gibson.
She is survived by four grandchildren Suprena Simpson (Mike), Tyler McWilliams (Megan), Michael Nunn (Aimee), and Lori Nunn (Glen). She is also survived by great-grandchildren Morgan Nunn, Kaden Nunn, Abigail McWilliams and Myles McWilliams and numerous nieces and nephews.
Steamboat Today - April 15, 2011
Thelma Jewel Kirby was born June 17, 1923, in Delta, Ill., to Walter and Margaret Ann Foster West. She died Sunday, March 27, 2011.
Thelma Kirby married Sydney O. Stuthridge on Oct. 8, 1951.
They had two daughters. Sydney died in 1958 in a work accident.
Thelma later moved to Colorado and married Harold C. Kirby on Nov. 17, 1966. He died in 1982.
Thelma had various jobs in her lifetime, but her favorite was cooking at the McCoy school. She loved the kids and loved the community.
She had several hobbies, but one she always went to was reading. She also loved being around friends and family. She lived in Colorado until July 2010, when she moved back home to Illinois. She passed away with family at her bedside.
She is survived by daughters, Karen (Ray) Melhuish and Debbie (Harry) McWilliams; stepsons Phil Kirby, Joe Kirby, Kirk Kirby and Keith Stuthridge; grandchildren Suprena (Mike) Simpson and Tyler (Megan) McWilliams; and great-grandchildren Morgan Nunn, Kaden Nunn, Abigail McWilliams and Myles McWilliams.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; sisters Marie Cambell, Mary Davis and Josephine Gibson; and her parents, Walter and Margeret Ann Foster West.
Cremation took place at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill. She had requested that no services take
place.
