William E. McKibben, 1907-1990

MCKIBBEN

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/21/2009 at 19:32:48

ARMSTRONG - Services for William Ervin McKibben, 82 will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Free Methodist Church with the Rev. Michael J. Reynen officiating. Interment will be in Armstrong Grove Cemetery. He died Sunday, April 22, 1990 at Holy Family Hospital [Estherville, Iowa].

Friends may call at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Armstrong after 4 p.m. Thursday.

He was born Oct. 4, 1907 at Noonan, N. D., the son of George and Ellie Ann McKibben and attended Noonan schools. On Aug 29, 1936 he married Hazel Woodbeck at Crosby, N. D. The couple moved to Iowa and farmed southwest of Armstrong. They moved into Armstrong in 1972. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church.

Survivors include one son Ervin and wife Susan, Sterling, Ill., two grandsons Scott and Eric, one sister Mildred Kvigne, Minot, N. D. He was preceded in death by his wife Nov. 16, 1987; parents; two brothers and three sisters.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, April 26, 1990.