Sunday 21st September 2025

Matthew “Matt” Kirby, age 46, of Higbee, died Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

A Celebration of Life Reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at Coopers Oak Winery in Higbee.

A private family service will be held. Burial will be private.

Memorials are suggested to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation or the Kirby Boys’ Education Fund.

Friemonth-Freese Funeral Home in Fayette is in charge of the arrangements.

Survivors include his wife and sons: Michelle, Noah, Seth and Micah; parents, Dale and Carol Kirby; brother, Ryan (Quincy Hawkins) Kirby; his grandmother, Betty Andrews; mother-in-law, Linda Coleman; grandmother-in-law, Betty Heisler; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Brian and Jill Coleman; niece, Brooke Coleman; nephew, Austin Coleman; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.