- Minniellen was born in Marion to the late Charles L. and Thelma M. (George) Sims. She married Robert L. Kirby, who preceded her in death.
She retired from RCA. She attended Grace Community Church, Gas City, and was a member of RCA Sympathy Club. She loved to sew, crochet and knit.
Survivors include children, Charles L. (Rhonda) Kirby, Hartford City, and Tamarra J. (George) Nielsen, Sharon R. (Gary) McKee and Robert L. (Georgia) Kirby, all of Marion; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; siblings, Helen Byers, Huntington, Bobbie (Robert) (Cole) Griffith, Jonesboro, George "Bill" Sims, Marion, and Charles L. Sims, Tunnel Hill, Ga.; and a special sister-in-law, Joanne Sims, Gas City.
She also was preceded in death by siblings, Lewis, Richard, Michael A. and Joseph Sims and Ruby M. Starbuck.
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