{"id":21681,"date":"2024-11-21T06:32:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=21681"},"modified":"2024-11-21T06:32:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:32:41","slug":"gary-mckibben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/gary-mckibben\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary McKibben"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gary McKibben, age 77, a resident of Geneva, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at his home in Geneva.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/unnamed-14.png?resize=132%2C191&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21682\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Gary was born March 16, 1947, in Portland, Indiana, the son of Robert and Evelyn (French) McKibben.&nbsp; He owned several different auto dealerships in the area and owned and operated The Shop in Geneva.&nbsp; Gary enjoyed drag racing and was a member of NHRA and IHRA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Survivors include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; His children:&nbsp; Jennifer McKibben \u2013 North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cory McKibben (wife Gina) \u2013 Coldwater, Ohio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shane McKibben (wife Julie) \u2013 Loveland, Ohio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Austin McKibben \u2013 Linn Grove, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lexie McKibben (fianc\u00e9 Jacob Myers) \u2013 Linn Grove, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 brother:&nbsp; Duane McKibben \u2013 Portland, Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grandchildren:&nbsp; Dillon, Kyle, Katie, Zack, Nancy Taylor and Boston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several great-grandchildren<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was preceded in death by 2 children, Chris and Jolanda McKibben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 7 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m. at Williamson-Spencer and Penrod Funeral Home in Portland.&nbsp; Services to celebrate Gary\u2019s life will follow at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary McKibben, age 77, a resident of Geneva, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at his home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-21681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21683,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21681\/revisions\/21683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}