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Friday, January 20, 2017

Debbie Kirts

Our Relief Society sister Debbie Kirts passed away on Thursday January 17. We know she is happy with her parents and brother Mike, who passed away in 2016. We offer our love and condolences to her brother Brad, Cindy, and their kids Libby, Sarah, and Matthew.  
Debbie told me last week that one of her favorite memories was when she and Brad worked in a hotel doing laundry in Jackson Hole, Wyoming one summer. They went on a river rafting trip that she loved and called it her greatest adventure. 
When her niece Libby was a teenager, Debbie accompanied her as her assistant on two different trips. One was to Washington DC for her 8th grade field trip, and the other was on our Stake's Youth Conference trip to Palmyra, New York and the Sacred Grove. I know she loved James Patterson books and I will personally miss her slightly irreverent political Facebook posts that always made me smile.
The arrangements for her funeral are pending. We will let you know when we have the information.

Sunday, January 1, 2017


Dalynn Shipley made 50 of these adorable Christmas baby hats and gave them to the Columbus Regional Hospital with a note that said, "From the Columbus 1st ward Relief Society". 
We will be starting a drive to have the sisters make hats beginning in this month.