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Willilam B. McKibben

PORTAGE  --  William B. McKibben, age 40, passed away as the result of an accident on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. 

William was born on October 13, 1976, in Illinois, the son of William and Vicki (Brenner) McKibben.  He graduated from the University of Florida in 2010 with an MBA.  He married Julie Heinze on June 2, 2012 at the Portage Presbyterian Church.  William will be remembered as a Renaissance man, whose wide-ranging interests and pursuits reflected his adventurous spirt and inquisitive mind. He loved to travel, to try new things, to experience the diversity of life. William was happiest when working on his Farm outside of Portage and enjoying his family --

He is survived by his wife, Julie McKibben; his son, Miles; his parents, William (Carla) McKibben, of Morrison, CO, and Vicki (Robert) Elwell, of Indian Harbor Beach, FL; his siblings, Jeff (Michelle) McKibben of Burbank, CA, and their children, Paige and Madeline, Erin (Mark) Petrolis, of Chicago, and their son, Chad; a step-brother, Cory Elwell and his fiancé Brittany, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, and their children, Carter and Sydney; his great-grandmother, Clara; Julie’s family, his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Tom and Mary Heinze, of Portage, his sister-in-law, Jennifer (Bradley) Martens, of Endeavor, and their children, Elizabeth and Isaac, and Mark (Beth) Heinze, of Portage, and their children, Leo, Henry, and Roy, other relatives and many friends.  He was preceded in death by his grandparents.

Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m., on Monday, November 21, 2016 at Portage Presbyterian Church, 120 W. Pleasant St., Portage, with Pastor David Hankins officiating.  Inurnment will be private.  Visitation will be held on Sunday, November 20, 2016 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home, 430 W. Wisconsin St., in Portage, and on Monday, from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family.

 

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