CHAFFEE -- Luella Philamenia Kirn, of Chaffee, died at her home Friday, March 28, 1997. She was 78 years old.

She was born Aug. 4, 1918, in Perry County, daughter of the late John and Anna Ponder Winkler.

On Oct. 5, 1937, she married Louis Kirn.

She was a homemaker and was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church and the Daughters of St. Ambrose in Chaffee.

She is survived by her husband; two sons, Richard Kirn of Kelso and Larry Kirn of Chaffee; seven daughters, Barbara Schmittzehe of Cape Girardeau, Jane Kluesner of Jackson, Evelyn Stovall of Moscow Mills, Charlene Koop of Columbia, Geralyn Bailey of Houston, Texas, and Donna Sadler and Debbie Mirley, both of Chaffee; one sister, Luvina Hennemann of Benton; 26 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, one sister and one grandchild.

Friends may call today at 4 p.m. at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Parish Prayers will begin at 7 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will follow at St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery.