Here is the rest of the story about Pete Kibble:
According to the Missouri State Archives, in 1917, while working for the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad, Kibble slipped and fell under a train, severely injuring his right foot. He was taken to a nearby hospital in Quincy, Illinois, where Doctors removed the appendage and part of his lower leg.
For reasons lost to history, Mr. Kibble (or perhaps a family member) chose to bury the amputated body part in Oakwood Cemetery across the river in Milan, Missouri. Presumably, Kibble was to join his foot when his time came. As fate would have it, however, he lived many more years before passing away and was interred in Reno, Nevada, in 1942, separated from his lost limb by 1,600 miles! His memorial is Find a Grave 92205166.
Grover Cleveland "Pete" Kibble
Birth: Jan. 13, 1887
West Virginia, USA
Death: Jan. 4, 1942
Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Findagrave Memorial #92205166
WWI draft registration with the above birth year states that he is married and has 3 children and that he was born in Jackson, Mississippi. It also says he is missing half of his right leg. This was signed 26 May 1917, the same year in which it is believed he lost his foot.
From the 1900 Jackson, Sullivan, MO census Grover "Pete" Clevland Kibble is the son of John Quincy. and Mary E.(Mary Elizabeth Anderson) Kibble; brother of Charles S., Arthur E., Dorsey, Homer, James, Baby (Baby is seven so I am to assume this is a given name or nickname rather than an un named baby boy), Elma and Bertha Kibble.
From the 1920 census record his wife is Permilia (Purna Maye Harris), both Pete and his wife state they are born in Missouri; they have three children that closely match the ones mentioned in the following obit; Herral born about 1911 in MO, James born about 1914 in MO and Frances born about 1916 in MO.
1940 Grover and Atta are living in Reno.
Reno Evening Gazette 6 Jan 1942
"Kibble - Near Reno, Grover (Pete) Kibble, husband of Mrs. Alta Kibble of Steamboat; father of Harry L. Kibble of Junction City, Kas., Francis Kibble and James R. Kibble of St Joseph, MO, Brother of Mrs. I.T. Spezia of Reno; Mrs. C. E. Brown of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Betty Dary of Quincy, Ill; Mrs. Floyd Franklin of Marshlene, MO; A. E. Kibble of Reno; Charlie Kibble of Seattle, Wash.; Oliver Kibble of Milan, MO; step father of Mrs. Pearl Allard of Coleville, Calif; Mrs. Alta Parker of Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. W. L. Spruill of Los Angeles and Mrs. Frances Hirtzel of San Diego, Calif. A native of West Virginia. Aged fifty-four years.
Friends are invited to attend funeral services Friday morning at ten o'clock at the home chapel of the Ross-Burke Company, The Rev. Brewster Adams, clergyman; interment Mountain View Cemetery (Findagrave 92205166).
6 Jan 1942 Reno Evening Gazette
Funeral Friday for G. Kibble
"Funeral services will be held here Friday for Grover (Pete) Kibble, long time resident of this vicinity, and who was drowned when he slipped from a narrow foot bridge and fell into White Creek early Sunday.
Mr. Kibble was fifty-four years old and a native of West Virginia but had made his home in this vicinity for a number of years, and followed ranching."
The survivors listed are the same as the ones mentioned in the obit before this
According to the Missouri State Archives, in 1917, while working for the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad, Kibble slipped and fell under a train, severely injuring his right foot. He was taken to a nearby hospital in Quincy, Illinois, where Doctors removed the appendage and part of his lower leg.
For reasons lost to history, Mr. Kibble (or perhaps a family member) chose to bury the amputated body part in Oakwood Cemetery across the river in Milan, Missouri. Presumably, Kibble was to join his foot when his time came. As fate would have it, however, he lived many more years before passing away and was interred in Reno, Nevada, in 1942, separated from his lost limb by 1,600 miles! His memorial is Find a Grave 92205166.
Grover Cleveland "Pete" Kibble
Birth: Jan. 13, 1887
West Virginia, USA
Death: Jan. 4, 1942
Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Findagrave Memorial #92205166
WWI draft registration with the above birth year states that he is married and has 3 children and that he was born in Jackson, Mississippi. It also says he is missing half of his right leg. This was signed 26 May 1917, the same year in which it is believed he lost his foot.
From the 1900 Jackson, Sullivan, MO census Grover "Pete" Clevland Kibble is the son of John Quincy. and Mary E.(Mary Elizabeth Anderson) Kibble; brother of Charles S., Arthur E., Dorsey, Homer, James, Baby (Baby is seven so I am to assume this is a given name or nickname rather than an un named baby boy), Elma and Bertha Kibble.
From the 1920 census record his wife is Permilia (Purna Maye Harris), both Pete and his wife state they are born in Missouri; they have three children that closely match the ones mentioned in the following obit; Herral born about 1911 in MO, James born about 1914 in MO and Frances born about 1916 in MO.
1940 Grover and Atta are living in Reno.
Reno Evening Gazette 6 Jan 1942
"Kibble - Near Reno, Grover (Pete) Kibble, husband of Mrs. Alta Kibble of Steamboat; father of Harry L. Kibble of Junction City, Kas., Francis Kibble and James R. Kibble of St Joseph, MO, Brother of Mrs. I.T. Spezia of Reno; Mrs. C. E. Brown of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Betty Dary of Quincy, Ill; Mrs. Floyd Franklin of Marshlene, MO; A. E. Kibble of Reno; Charlie Kibble of Seattle, Wash.; Oliver Kibble of Milan, MO; step father of Mrs. Pearl Allard of Coleville, Calif; Mrs. Alta Parker of Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. W. L. Spruill of Los Angeles and Mrs. Frances Hirtzel of San Diego, Calif. A native of West Virginia. Aged fifty-four years.
Friends are invited to attend funeral services Friday morning at ten o'clock at the home chapel of the Ross-Burke Company, The Rev. Brewster Adams, clergyman; interment Mountain View Cemetery (Findagrave 92205166).
6 Jan 1942 Reno Evening Gazette
Funeral Friday for G. Kibble
"Funeral services will be held here Friday for Grover (Pete) Kibble, long time resident of this vicinity, and who was drowned when he slipped from a narrow foot bridge and fell into White Creek early Sunday.
Mr. Kibble was fifty-four years old and a native of West Virginia but had made his home in this vicinity for a number of years, and followed ranching."
The survivors listed are the same as the ones mentioned in the obit before this
Here is the rest of the story about Pete Kibble:
According to the Missouri State Archives, in 1917, while working for the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad, Kibble slipped and fell under a train, severely injuring his right foot. He was taken to a nearby hospital in Quincy, Illinois, where Doctors removed the appendage and part of his lower leg.
For reasons lost to history, Mr. Kibble (or perhaps a family member) chose to bury the amputated body part in Oakwood Cemetery across the river in Milan, Missouri. Presumably, Kibble was to join his foot when his time came. As fate would have it, however, he lived many more years before passing away and was interred in Reno, Nevada, in 1942, separated from his lost limb by 1,600 miles! His memorial is Find a Grave 92205166.
Grover Cleveland "Pete" Kibble
Birth: Jan. 13, 1887
West Virginia, USA
Death: Jan. 4, 1942
Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Findagrave Memorial #92205166
WWI draft registration with the above birth year states that he is married and has 3 children and that he was born in Jackson, Mississippi. It also says he is missing half of his right leg. This was signed 26 May 1917, the same year in which it is believed he lost his foot.
From the 1900 Jackson, Sullivan, MO census Grover "Pete" Clevland Kibble is the son of John Quincy. and Mary E.(Mary Elizabeth Anderson) Kibble; brother of Charles S., Arthur E., Dorsey, Homer, James, Baby (Baby is seven so I am to assume this is a given name or nickname rather than an un named baby boy), Elma and Bertha Kibble.
From the 1920 census record his wife is Permilia (Purna Maye Harris), both Pete and his wife state they are born in Missouri; they have three children that closely match the ones mentioned in the following obit; Herral born about 1911 in MO, James born about 1914 in MO and Frances born about 1916 in MO.
1940 Grover and Atta are living in Reno.
Reno Evening Gazette 6 Jan 1942
"Kibble - Near Reno, Grover (Pete) Kibble, husband of Mrs. Alta Kibble of Steamboat; father of Harry L. Kibble of Junction City, Kas., Francis Kibble and James R. Kibble of St Joseph, MO, Brother of Mrs. I.T. Spezia of Reno; Mrs. C. E. Brown of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Betty Dary of Quincy, Ill; Mrs. Floyd Franklin of Marshlene, MO; A. E. Kibble of Reno; Charlie Kibble of Seattle, Wash.; Oliver Kibble of Milan, MO; step father of Mrs. Pearl Allard of Coleville, Calif; Mrs. Alta Parker of Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. W. L. Spruill of Los Angeles and Mrs. Frances Hirtzel of San Diego, Calif. A native of West Virginia. Aged fifty-four years.
Friends are invited to attend funeral services Friday morning at ten o'clock at the home chapel of the Ross-Burke Company, The Rev. Brewster Adams, clergyman; interment Mountain View Cemetery (Findagrave 92205166).
6 Jan 1942 Reno Evening Gazette
Funeral Friday for G. Kibble
"Funeral services will be held here Friday for Grover (Pete) Kibble, long time resident of this vicinity, and who was drowned when he slipped from a narrow foot bridge and fell into White Creek early Sunday.
Mr. Kibble was fifty-four years old and a native of West Virginia but had made his home in this vicinity for a number of years, and followed ranching."
The survivors listed are the same as the ones mentioned in the obit before this
According to the Missouri State Archives, in 1917, while working for the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad, Kibble slipped and fell under a train, severely injuring his right foot. He was taken to a nearby hospital in Quincy, Illinois, where Doctors removed the appendage and part of his lower leg.
For reasons lost to history, Mr. Kibble (or perhaps a family member) chose to bury the amputated body part in Oakwood Cemetery across the river in Milan, Missouri. Presumably, Kibble was to join his foot when his time came. As fate would have it, however, he lived many more years before passing away and was interred in Reno, Nevada, in 1942, separated from his lost limb by 1,600 miles! His memorial is Find a Grave 92205166.
Grover Cleveland "Pete" Kibble
Birth: Jan. 13, 1887
West Virginia, USA
Death: Jan. 4, 1942
Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Findagrave Memorial #92205166
WWI draft registration with the above birth year states that he is married and has 3 children and that he was born in Jackson, Mississippi. It also says he is missing half of his right leg. This was signed 26 May 1917, the same year in which it is believed he lost his foot.
From the 1900 Jackson, Sullivan, MO census Grover "Pete" Clevland Kibble is the son of John Quincy. and Mary E.(Mary Elizabeth Anderson) Kibble; brother of Charles S., Arthur E., Dorsey, Homer, James, Baby (Baby is seven so I am to assume this is a given name or nickname rather than an un named baby boy), Elma and Bertha Kibble.
From the 1920 census record his wife is Permilia (Purna Maye Harris), both Pete and his wife state they are born in Missouri; they have three children that closely match the ones mentioned in the following obit; Herral born about 1911 in MO, James born about 1914 in MO and Frances born about 1916 in MO.
1940 Grover and Atta are living in Reno.
Reno Evening Gazette 6 Jan 1942
"Kibble - Near Reno, Grover (Pete) Kibble, husband of Mrs. Alta Kibble of Steamboat; father of Harry L. Kibble of Junction City, Kas., Francis Kibble and James R. Kibble of St Joseph, MO, Brother of Mrs. I.T. Spezia of Reno; Mrs. C. E. Brown of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Betty Dary of Quincy, Ill; Mrs. Floyd Franklin of Marshlene, MO; A. E. Kibble of Reno; Charlie Kibble of Seattle, Wash.; Oliver Kibble of Milan, MO; step father of Mrs. Pearl Allard of Coleville, Calif; Mrs. Alta Parker of Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. W. L. Spruill of Los Angeles and Mrs. Frances Hirtzel of San Diego, Calif. A native of West Virginia. Aged fifty-four years.
Friends are invited to attend funeral services Friday morning at ten o'clock at the home chapel of the Ross-Burke Company, The Rev. Brewster Adams, clergyman; interment Mountain View Cemetery (Findagrave 92205166).
6 Jan 1942 Reno Evening Gazette
Funeral Friday for G. Kibble
"Funeral services will be held here Friday for Grover (Pete) Kibble, long time resident of this vicinity, and who was drowned when he slipped from a narrow foot bridge and fell into White Creek early Sunday.
Mr. Kibble was fifty-four years old and a native of West Virginia but had made his home in this vicinity for a number of years, and followed ranching."
The survivors listed are the same as the ones mentioned in the obit before this
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