It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Helen C. Kirby (Middletown, Rhode Island), born in Newport, Rhode Island, who passed away on March 5, 2020, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, William Lawrence Cliniff and Elizabeth Amos Cliniff. She is survived by: her husband Jerome R. Kirby Jr.; her children, Kathleen Kirby Greenman (Christopher), Jerome R. Kirby III (Kim), Kevin J. Kirby (Libby), Agatha Kirby Perkins (Tom), Matthew O. Kirby (Michelle), Myra E. Kirby and Nicolas P. Kirby (Claudia); her grandchildren, Eliza Greenman Burlingame (Andrew), Emma Kirby Greenman Culver (Robert), Jerome R. Kirby IV, Seamus D. Kirby, Jessica A. Kirby (Craig), James W. Kirby II, Tucker Mulligan Kirby, Emily B. Perkins, Owen T. Perkins (Margaret), Matthew O. Kirby Jr., Oliver Kirby, Liam J. Kirby and Lucas C. Kirby; her stepgrandchildren, Olivia Krys, Julia Krys and Ruben Krys; and her great grandchildren, Jerome R. Kirby V and Marin Rose Kirby Mackay.

Donations can be made in Helen's honor to St. Mary's Church Building Improvement Fund, PO Box 547, Newport, RI 02840 or by visiting http://www.stmarynewport.weshareonline.org.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
O'Neill-Hayes Funeral Home