Edele P. deKirby, 99, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2017 at Balboa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in San Diego, a few blocks away from her home of the last 44 years. Born in Montana in 1917, Edele lived in Iowa & Nebraska before moving with her family to California in 1930. She graduated from Whittier High School in 1935 & from U. C. Berkeley in 1940 with a BSN. Edele met her husband, Ivor deKirby, when she was a freshman at U.C. Berkeley & they were married August 18, 1940, after both had received their degrees.
From 1940 until after WWII Edele worked in San Francisco as a Registered Nurse, primarily as a Public Health Nurse. When her husband, Ivor, was released from the U.S. Army in 1946 & returned to work for the Ford Motor Co., they lived in Richmond, Oakland & Long Beach before finally coming to San Diego in 1950 where Ivor became a Partner in Pearson Ford Co.
She also contributed to the San Diego community as a member of the Juniors of Social Service & as its President 1960-61. She was a charter & life member of Boys & Girls Aid Society, Star of India Auxiliary & Spreckels Organ Society. She was a member of Chapter FR P. E. O. serving as President 1984-85 & a member of Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church for many years. Edele & Ivor loved to travel wherever, whenever & however they could, from ballooning over the wine country in France to a ski plane landing on the Tasman glacier in New Zealand. Edele was predeceased by her beloved husband, Ivor, in 2000, & by her sister, Luella Kearse, in 1994
The full obituary was published in The San Diego Union Tribune on July 23, 2017
From 1940 until after WWII Edele worked in San Francisco as a Registered Nurse, primarily as a Public Health Nurse. When her husband, Ivor, was released from the U.S. Army in 1946 & returned to work for the Ford Motor Co., they lived in Richmond, Oakland & Long Beach before finally coming to San Diego in 1950 where Ivor became a Partner in Pearson Ford Co.
She also contributed to the San Diego community as a member of the Juniors of Social Service & as its President 1960-61. She was a charter & life member of Boys & Girls Aid Society, Star of India Auxiliary & Spreckels Organ Society. She was a member of Chapter FR P. E. O. serving as President 1984-85 & a member of Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church for many years. Edele & Ivor loved to travel wherever, whenever & however they could, from ballooning over the wine country in France to a ski plane landing on the Tasman glacier in New Zealand. Edele was predeceased by her beloved husband, Ivor, in 2000, & by her sister, Luella Kearse, in 1994
The full obituary was published in The San Diego Union Tribune on July 23, 2017
Edele P. deKirby, 99, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2017 at Balboa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in San Diego, a few blocks away from her home of the last 44 years. Born in Montana in 1917, Edele lived in Iowa & Nebraska before moving with her family to California in 1930. She graduated from Whittier High School in 1935 & from U. C. Berkeley in 1940 with a BSN. Edele met her husband, Ivor deKirby, when she was a freshman at U.C. Berkeley & they were married August 18, 1940, after both had received their degrees.
From 1940 until after WWII Edele worked in San Francisco as a Registered Nurse, primarily as a Public Health Nurse. When her husband, Ivor, was released from the U.S. Army in 1946 & returned to work for the Ford Motor Co., they lived in Richmond, Oakland & Long Beach before finally coming to San Diego in 1950 where Ivor became a Partner in Pearson Ford Co.
She also contributed to the San Diego community as a member of the Juniors of Social Service & as its President 1960-61. She was a charter & life member of Boys & Girls Aid Society, Star of India Auxiliary & Spreckels Organ Society. She was a member of Chapter FR P. E. O. serving as President 1984-85 & a member of Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church for many years. Edele & Ivor loved to travel wherever, whenever & however they could, from ballooning over the wine country in France to a ski plane landing on the Tasman glacier in New Zealand. Edele was predeceased by her beloved husband, Ivor, in 2000, & by her sister, Luella Kearse, in 1994
The full obituary was published in The San Diego Union Tribune on July 23, 2017
From 1940 until after WWII Edele worked in San Francisco as a Registered Nurse, primarily as a Public Health Nurse. When her husband, Ivor, was released from the U.S. Army in 1946 & returned to work for the Ford Motor Co., they lived in Richmond, Oakland & Long Beach before finally coming to San Diego in 1950 where Ivor became a Partner in Pearson Ford Co.
She also contributed to the San Diego community as a member of the Juniors of Social Service & as its President 1960-61. She was a charter & life member of Boys & Girls Aid Society, Star of India Auxiliary & Spreckels Organ Society. She was a member of Chapter FR P. E. O. serving as President 1984-85 & a member of Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church for many years. Edele & Ivor loved to travel wherever, whenever & however they could, from ballooning over the wine country in France to a ski plane landing on the Tasman glacier in New Zealand. Edele was predeceased by her beloved husband, Ivor, in 2000, & by her sister, Luella Kearse, in 1994
The full obituary was published in The San Diego Union Tribune on July 23, 2017
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