Russell Boston Kirby, Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 5; Address:
  325 N.22nd St
• Census: 1940, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 15
• Military: 30 Jul 1943 to 28 Feb 1946; He served in the 99th Infantry Division during WW II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine at Remagen. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
• Residence: 1959, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; Address:
  3782 McKnight Road
• Residence: Sep 1975, Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota
• Residence: Jun 1993, Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota
• Residence: 1995, Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota; Address:
  13270 4th St N
• History: 2015; His obituary reads "Kirby, Russell B. Jr. Age 90, longtime resident of Baytown Township and more recently Eden Prairie, passed away May 14, 2015. Preceded in death by his wife Charlotte Kelton Kirby. Born March 12, 1925 in Allentown, PA. Russ served in the 99th Infantry Division during WW II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine at Remagen. He was awarded the Bronze Star. Following the end of the war, he attended Princeton University where he was a member of the swimming team and received a BS and MS in engineering. He married Charlotte in 1949. After completing his studies at Princeton, he moved to Minnesota and worked at 3M for thirty years. Russ and Charlotte lived for many years in Baytown Township where Russ served on the planning commission and Charlotte was town clerk. They were members of Ascension Church in Stillwater, MN. Russ was active in local politics and served on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's citizens' board. He enjoyed canoeing, playing bridge, reading traveling, winters spent in Hawaii and time spent with his family. He is survived by his children Kelton Noring, Katherine (Richard) Hackett, Russell (Christine Mattera) Kirby, Thomas (Beverly) Kirby; grandchildren Jeremy Noring, Benjamin Noring, Helena Mattera, Nicholas Kirby, Carrie Hackett and William Hackett; great granddaughter Veronica Noring; and his longtime friend and companion Marilyn McNamee. Interment at Fort Snelling and a family celebration of Russ' life are planned for a later date.
• Residence: 2015, Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota

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Russell married Charlotte Coolidge Kelton on 25 Jun 1949 in Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Charlotte (daughter of Elihu Howard Kelton and Charlotte Frances Taylor) was born on 12 Mar 1929 in Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Oct 1993 in Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kelton Taylor Kirby
2. Katherine Stewart Kirby
3. Russell Boston Kirby, III
4. Thomas Whitcomb Kirby

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 5
• Census: 1910, Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; He was recorded while living with his widowed mother. He was listed as a newspaper carrier.; : 15
• Draft Registration: 5 Jun 1917, Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; He registered for the draft; : 32; Address:
  202 Lafayette Avenue
• Military: 1 Oct 1917 to 25 Jul 1919; He served in the Army during the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives.
• Census: 1920, Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; He was a boarder and working as an engineer for a zinc company.; : 25
• Census: 1930, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; He is listed as an insurance salesman; : 35; Address:
  325 N.22nd St
• Census: 1940, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; He was listed as a gas insurance agent; : 40
• Draft Registration: 1942, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; : 47; Address:
  301 Hunsicker Bilding
  17 N Seventh Street
• Residence: 1947, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1981, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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Birth:
Father: G. Stewart Kirby
Mother: Emma _____

Russell married Carrie J.. Carrie was born about 1892 in Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; She is listed as a proprietor of a restaurant. ; : 38; Address:
  325 N.22nd St
• Census: 1940, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; : 48
• Residence: 1947, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania