Camp Hill, PA - 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, Bill moved from Clarion to Lewisburg with his parents, Benton and Carol, and his brothers, Bob and Jack. Benton had accepted a position as basketball coach at Bucknell University. During those formative years, Bill honed his skills toward baseball, basketball, and football. As an adult, though, he became obsessed with striking golf's white dimpled ball.

Bill attended Lewisburg Public Schools, going on to Kiski Prep and then Lycoming College for a degree in business. His long career in sales included 37 years at Haggar Apparel Company, where he became Regional Sales Manager and then National Sales Director, and ten years as Regional Sales Manager at Playworld Systems, Lewisburg. In retirement Bill dabbled in Real Estate for Howard Hanna.

Through all of Bill's travels in sales, 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 (Sharon), Lewisburg; his brother Jack (Kerry) of Salisbury, North Carolina; and many cherished nephews, 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.