For some reason I don't have more pictures of him, but here's what I do have... This was my best friend for many many years. I still terribly miss his company to this very day. I met him in a book reading class in 7th grade in 1984, at what was then, Milburn Junior High School. He had a notebook that he'd drawn all over and I complimented him on that. Long story short... I'll share more later... anywho...

We were basically Yin and Yang, he was calm and collected... I was not. We went to Worlds of Fun on nearly a daily basis when his dad gave him an old piece of shit AMC Gremlin on his 16th birthday. Then he had a white Buick piece of junk that we continued our daily Worlds of Fun adventures. He found a 76 Camaro and we rebuilt most of the engine, I'm surprised it worked after that. While he was in school learning to paint vehicles he painted the brown thing red. I have no idea where that car is today...

I went into the Army, he moved into an apartment... I got out of the Army, and moved in with something I called "Moose". For a while he visited often, then he met someone, bought a house, I didn't even know where it was. I also didn't know he had a son... Steve's visits were fewer and farther apart until his death in 1993 just shortly after his birthday... I'm unsure why he ended his life, all I know are rumors and I don't care to share those. If anyone knew Steve, please share stories with me? anotherdave@gmail.com

Obituary:

Steven Charles Kibby, 23, Overland Park, KS

Born June 8th, 1970
Died June 12th, 1993, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Newcomers Overland Park Chapel; burial in Antioch Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the chapel.

The family suggests contributions to the Shawnee Family Church Youth Camp Scholarship Fund. Mr. Kibby was a lifelong area resident. He was a truck driver for Kansas City Salad. He graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1989. Survivors include a son, Brandon Lawson Kibby, Overland Park; his father, Curtis L. Kibby, Kansas City; his mother and stepfather, Karen D. and Mike McGhehey of Merriam; a sister, Melissa Gayle Root, Overland Park; paternal grandparents, Charles S. and Patricia Ann Kibby of Sunrise Beach, Mo.; and maternal grandparents; Carl and Lou Harper of Kansas City.

The Kansas City Star
Date: June 14, 1993
Edition: METROPOLITAN
Page: B3
Record Number: 169463