Thank you for your service. Rest in peace, Sir.
Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane, 
 but the church of Jesus constant will remain.
 Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail; 
 we have Christ's own promise, and that cannot fail. 
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, 
 with the cross of Jesus going on before. ~ Sabine Baring-Gould

Goodbye Father Kirby.  Like a stone dropped in a pond, the expanding ripples of your influence were felt all across your 94 years.  Your service to your country in 3 wars (WWII, Korea, and Vietnam) and your love to your family were beyond measure.  May those of us you left behind be worthy of your love and influence on our lives.

Kirby was a good man. I know he's in a great place, at peace, and remembering everything he couldn't here. Love You. Dee

Father Kirby you will be missed. You are in a much better place though with our loving God, and your wonderful wife(mein Mütterlein). Love and miss you. Had to re-post. Messed up going down the road trying to dodge tornadoes coming home from Georgia.

Father Kirby you will be missed. You are in a much better place though with our loving God, and you wonderful wife(mein MÃ¼tterlein). Love and miss you.

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Kirby E. Smith

June 13, 1918 – January 24, 2013

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