May 1, 1997 Middletown, Ohio MINNIE F.KIRBY Mrs. Minnie F. Kirby, 89, of the Garden Manor Extended Care Center, died there Wednesday morning, April 30, 1997. She was born in Irvine, Ky., on Mar. 25, 1908, the daughter of Preston and Alice Patrick Wilson. Mrs Kirby was employed as a machine operator at National Cash Register Co., for 25 years until her retirement in 1970. She had attended the Roselawn Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Margaret and Leslie Philhower of Middletown and Jean Greer of Middletown; a son, Wayne Kirby of Pleasant Hill, Tn.; 16 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Florence Morse of Waldon, Mich. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Kirby; a daughter, Frances Rowland, a grandson, Joel Gree; five brothers and three sisters. Services were at the Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral home. Burial at Woodside Cemetery. May 10, 1997 MARY G. BROTHERS Mary G. Brothers, formerly of Highland St., died Friday at Barbara Parke Convalescent Center. She was born in Irvine, Ky., but lived most of her life in Middletown. She was a member of the First Christian Church. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Rosalie Rice of Miamisburg; six grandchildren, Craig Rice, Terri Rice, Vicki Grollmus, Chuck Day, Cathy Wiley and David Ingram; eight great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandson. Mrs Brothers was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, in 1992 and a daughter Joanne in 1979. Services were at the Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral home. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. ------------------------------