Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kibbey, William J.  1950
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, July 28, 1950


William J, Kibbey, 24, of Grand Rapids, a World War II naval veteran, died 
Wednesday at the Veteran’s hospital in Dearborn after a three year illness.  
Kibbey was born in Grand Rapids and moved to Saranac with his parents when a 
child.  He graduated from Saranac high school in 1943 and enlisted and served 
as a yeoman in South American and Trinidad for three years.  He was discharged 
in May 1946.  Upon his return to civilian life he was married and moved to Eau 
Clair, Wis., where he was a member of the Hope Lutheran church.

Surviving is the wife, Mary L.; a son, William J. Jr.; his parents, Carlton 
Kibbey and Mrs. Frances Kibbey of Grand Rapids; and three sisters, Mrs. Vivian 
Wall of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Maxine Blundy and Mrs. Betty Vandefield of 
Portland.

Funeral services will be held at Eggerbeen funeral home in Grand Rapids 
Saturday at 1:30 p.m.  Full military graveside services will be conducted at 
the Saranac cemetery at 3 p.m.  All the stores in Saranac will be closed 
during the time of service.  This is the first Saranac World War II veteran to 
die since the war.



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