Steve Kirby
I am Alan’s son. He was born in Nocona Texas but moved to San Francisco as a youth. He served as a machinist in the Navy during the Korean conflict. He spent the majority of his life as a serviceman and later service manage of business machines. Together with his third wife he opened a very successful restaurant in Kailua upon his retirement.
He was very clever and had a wicked sense of humor. Puns that stayed half a step ahead of what you would expect. He was a true renaissance man. Machinist, mechanic, electronics tech, carpenter. He could build or repair anything. He was a ranked dance and figure roller skater as well as a rated judge. He took up ice skating after his retirement as a new challenge. He was an accomplished driver having raced in Golden Gate Park in the ‘50s with the likes of Phil Hill in the era of drivers for hire by “gentlemen racer” car owners. He continued to terrorize H3 though the mountains in his Miata nearly up to his passing. They don’t make them like that any longer. He is survived by his wife Adele Kirby, myself Stephen Kirby, and his daughter Cathrine Mumford. He made me the person I am today and I will miss him greatly. Everyone who interacted with him will miss his kindness, humor and that twinkle in his eye.
