MERLE "BUSTER" WILSON KRIBBS, 89, a retired mail
carrier, of Dublin, TX, died July 15, 2015, with
burial at Pendergrass Cemetery in Comanche County,
TX.
Merle was born in Ranger, TX. on Sept. 7, 1925 to
Franklin P. Kribbs & Sarah E. Cruse. He attended
Ranger High School in the Class of 1943 at Ranger,
TX. He married Wanda Sue McEntire (RHS-Faculty) in
July of 1952, at Sidney, TX. She preceded him in
death on August 5, 2014. Merle was a member of the
Greens Creek Baptist Church in Dublin. He was also
a member of The American Legion Post 240, DAV, AUSA
(Association US Army), NRA, and The Chosin Few. He
was a retired U.S. Army veteran of WWII, Korea, and
Vietnam. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his
service. He was on duty at the Nuremberg trials.
Survivors at the time of his death include his sons;
John Kribbs and wife, Carisa, Wichita Falls; Mike
Kribbs and wife, Denise of Stephenville; Pat Kribbs
and wife, Sheila Hattiesburg, MS; brother-in-laws;
Joe John McEntire, Sidney, TX; Laramie (Larry)
McEntire & wife, Jan, Canadian, TX; grandchildren;
Landon Kribbs and wife, Jessica, Emily Pylant and
husband, Miles, Melissa Herman and husband, Colten,
Jessica Kribbs, and Enrique Kribbs; great-grand-
children; Cash, Chaney and Cord Kribbs, Channing
and Haze Herman; special care giver; Darla Ivy. His
brother was Eugene Kribbs (RHS-1936).