William J. Kribbs

Faith is the patient seamstress who mends our torn beliefs Who sews the hem of childhood trust and clips the thread of grief. -Joan Walsh Anglund On a beautiful sunny Mother’s Day, God touched the soul of Bill Kribbs at the Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital and ushered him to His glorious kingdom. As a child his family, father, Benton, mother, Carol, and siblings Bob and Jack moved from Bill’s birthplace of Brookville to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. His father had accepted a position of basketball coach and athletic director at Bucknell University. During those formative years, Bill honed his skills towards his love of sports, baseball and football, but most especially his obsession with striking golf’s white dimpled ball. Bill attended Lewisbury Public Schools, graduated from Kiski Prep and Lycoming College and with his business degree in hand became Regional Sales Manager and then National Sales Director for Haggar Apparel Co., of Dallas, Texas. He was with the company for over 37 years. He was the Regional Sales Manager at Playworld Systems of Lewisbury for over ten years, and finally after retirement dabbled in Real Estate for Howard Hanna. During all of those traveling years, however, he drove, spiked, putted, birdied and bogeyed that elusive, dimpled ball in pursuit of that “perfect” game. But without a doubt, Bill would state his greatest fulfillment and accomplishment in his life was his cherished marriage of 55 years to his beloved wife, Janice. His deep love, devotion, his compassion and unwavering loyalty to her, and his pride and dedication to the life they shared together will hopefully sustain and “clip the threads of grief” that follow. Bill is survived by his wife, Janice, his brother, Robert and his wife, Sharon, of Lewisbury, Pennsylvania, his brother Jack and his wife Kerry of Salisbury, North Carolina, and many cherished nephews and nieces and grand- nephews and nieces. A very special human being passed away on May 11th. A generous, loving, devoted, honorable, humorous and placid soul is hopefully playing bogey-free golf on the greatest golf course imaginable. A private family service to celebrate Bill’s life will be on 5 Creek’s Farm in Pinnacle, North Carolina.

William J. Kribbs

June 5, 1946 - May 12, 2025