Obituary of Arthur Gribben

ARTHUR L. "ARTIE" GRIBBEN, JR, AGE 60, PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 AT HIS HOME IN LEOTI, KANSAS. ARTIE WAS BORN JUNE 5, 1945 IN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, THE SON OF ARTHUR L. & GENEVIVE E. MANNING GRIBBEN, SR. HE WAS A FARMER AND HAD BEEN A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF WICHITA COUNTY, KANSAS. HE WAS A 1963 GRADUATE OF WICHITA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. ARTIE'S MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE- SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC CHURCH- LEOTI, KANSAS ON DECEMBER 27, 1992 HE MARRIED KAREN DeWEESE JONES AT DENVER, COLORADO. SHE SURVIVES. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE SON- BRIAN GRIBBEN- HAYS, KANSAS TWO DAUGHTERS- BRYN GRIBBEN- SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AMBER MILLER- LEOTI, KANSAS TWO SISTERS- BONITA GREENWOOD- OVERBROOK, KANSAS PATRICIA PALEN- SCOTT CITY, KANSAS TWO GRANDCHILDREN- ALLISON & AUSTEN MILLER- LEOTI, KANSAS TWO STEP-SONS- DAVID JONES- FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA MATTHEW JONES- " ONE STEP-DAUGHTER- AVIS SPARACINO- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TEN STEP- GRANDCHILDREN HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, AARON GRIBBEN AND HIS PARENTS. VIGIL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 P.M., SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2006, AT SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LEOTI, KANSAS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 A.M. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2006, AT SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LEOTI, KANSAS, WITH FATHER BEN MARTIN AND FATHER WARREN STOECKLEIN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN LEOTI CEMETERY, LEOTI, KANSAS. FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM NOON TO 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY AND FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M., SUNDAY AT PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN LEOTI, KANSAS. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO EITHER SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC CHURCH OR THE ARTIE GRIBBEN MEMORIAL FUND FOR A MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP, IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME.