Patricia Kirby Carson, 70, Independence MO, passed away Monday, April 5, 2004, at North Kansas City Hospital. Services will be 10:00 am Friday, April 9, 2004, at the Carson Funeral Home; burial in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:30 - 8:30 pm Thursday at the Funeral Home. Mrs. Carson was born September 2, 1933 in Kansas City MO to Mildred and Ed Kirby. She had lived in this area for most of her life. She had owned her own business, was a hairdresser for many years, loved to cook and was a very generous person. She particularly enjoyed her dog, Malikia. She had been a member of the Moose Lodge and belonged to St. Anne�s Catholic Church. Pat is survived by her sons, Don Cipolla, Reno NV, and Bill Albright, Lansing KS; daughters, Patty Evans, Kansas City MO, Stephanie Finan, Las Vegas NV, Lisa Ebbitts, Kansas City MO, and Mary Stewart, Alturas CA; grandsons Stephen Schmidt and Anthony Jarvis; step-mother, Marie McCoy; step-brother Bill McCoy; sister-in-law Darlene Long; special neice Monica Canole and her husband Rod; her dog Malikia; and many loving relatives and friends.