SEAFORD - Mary Ruth Logue Kirby, age 88, of Seaford, died Monday, March 1, 2011, in Life Care at Lofland Park Seaford. She was born Feb. 20, 1923, in Baltimore, Md., the daughter of the late Mabel Abarilla Owings and William Richard Logue. She grew up in Pimilico and attended Arlington Presbyterian Church, Camp Fire Girls and Forest Park High School. While she worked for Butler Dept. Store she attended and graduated from Baltimore School of the Bible. During World War II she worked for the B&O Railroad scheduling and tracking railcars, giving military supplies precedence. After she married Robert Harrison Kirby she moved to Seaford, De. where she joined St John's United Methodist Church and taught Sunday School, Bible School and Junior Church, and was a member of the Womens Society. She was the first den mother of Pack 249. As a member of the Seaford Acorn Club Federation of Women she typed the first draft of the Seaford telephone book. She worked for over 20 years for Hurley Chrysler Plymouth, George Marshalls, and Dick's Auto Body. At night she was bookkeeper for Stewart's Custodian Service and Diamond State Transmission Service. She mimeographed newsletters and bulletins and manuscripts for many Seaford churches organizations. She was a member of Carroll County and Maryland Historical Society, and did genealogy research of the Gists and Owings families. She followed the Baltimore Orioles and Ravens and NASCAR drivers Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon. She is survived by two sons, Robert Harrison Kirby, Jr. and wife Elizabeth of Finksburg, Md., Richard Leroy Kirby and wife Donna of Newark, De.; a daughter, Elaine R. Messick and husband George of Delmar, Md.; a brother, William Richard Logue, Jr. and wife Charlotte of Bishopville, Md.; eight grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sister, Mabel Dorothy Gordon. Services will be 2 p.m., Sunday, March 6, 2011, in St John's United Methodist Church Pine & Poplar Streets, Seaford, where friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the services. Rev. Christopher Pennington will officiate. A graveside service will be held on Monday March 7, 2011, at 1 p.m. in Deer Park United Methodist Church Cemetery, 2205 Sykesville Road, Westminster, Md. Arrangements by Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Seaford.