Harold I. “Mac” McKibben, 97, Atchison, Kansas died at his home Thursday, April 28, 2016.

Funeral services will be Monday, May 2, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB officiating.  Interment will follow in Sumner Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be Monday, May 2nd from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home.  Memorial contributions are suggested to Atchison Home Health or St. Benedict Parish and may be left in care of the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at www.arensbergpruett.com.

Mac was born July 29, 1918 in Atchison, Kansas the son of Harlan Henry and Agnes Mary Behen McKibben.  He attended Sacred Heart Elementary School, Maur Hill Prep School and graduated in 1938 from Atchison High School.

He and the former Martha E. “Pat” Ball were united in marriage on December 27, 1947 in Atchison, Kansas.  Mrs. McKibben preceded him in death on January 22, 1999.

Mac served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 until his honorable discharge as a sergeant in 1945.  He was stationed in England and received two bronze stars.  

Mac formerly owned the Standard Oil Gas Station in Atchison, later became employed with Bunch Motor Company and in 1949 he became a liquor salesman for different liquor companies as a representative in the local area until 1992.  He then became a car salesman for Phalen Motors in Atchison and then went to work for Northeast Kansas Vocational Technical School as a partsman until his retirement in 1994.

He was a member of St. Benedict Parish participating at Sacred Heart Church all of his life.  He was also a life member of Fleming-Jackson-Seever Post # 6 of the American Legion and a life member of V.F.W. Post #1175 in Atchison.

Survivors include a son, John H. (Joyce) McKibben, Atchison, KS; a daughter, Debra S. (Clyde) Gerber, Atchison, KS; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, James McKibben; Charles McKibben and Francis McKibben.