Our beloved Patricia Innis Kirby, age 78, of Burnet, Texas, passed away on Sunday, October 17, 2021, with her family by her side as her beautiful granddaughter sang Amazing Grace. Pat fought a courageous two-year battle with leukemia and overcame breast cancer at the same time.
Pat was a truly beautiful woman, inside and out, from her early college days winning beauty pageants to her days making sure she was “presentable” going to chemo treatments. Pat had many, many others in her life who saw her as their momma, grandma, friend, confidant, and caregiver. She held a very special place in her heart for each and every one and all that they held dear. Pat cared for others deeply, worried about everything that could harm them in any way, took great care of Robert and everyone she knew, and would turn feisty if anyone she loved was mistreated. She treasured every call, card and visit – in health and in sickness. Throughout her illness, she worried and prayed for all the others who were “probably hurting more than she was”. Pat had many talents, ceramics, sewing, needlepointing, crocheting, cooking, growing beautiful plants, and many more. She passed them on to others who were willing to learn from her. Mostly, she created a welcoming, loving, comfortable home for her husband, family and all the friends from all generations who were a part of her life.
She worked several jobs throughout her years, but her life’s devotion was to her husband of 56 years, Robert Kirby, and her daughters, Laura Chron and husband Tony, of Coppell, Texas and Janell Owen and husband Michael, of Kingsville, Texas. She loved her grandchildren, Tori Christensen and husband Tyler, Riley Chron, Kirby Owen, and Kace Owen, and soon to be great grandson, Tucker Owen Christensen. Pat was born to the late Weldon and Mabel Innis in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 31, 1943 and has one sister, Peggy Bell (Ron Bell) of Spring, Texas.
She will be honored in a memorial service in Kingsville, TX on Saturday, November 6th at 10:00 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church, as well as a memorial service in Burnet, TX on Saturday, November 13th at 10:00 am at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, Pat would love for you to do something special for one of your loved ones, or make a donation to the American Cancer Society, in her honor.
