Laddie Vibbert Obituary (1937

On January 25, 2017, Ladd Vibbert of Yakima, Washington passed away peacefully with his family by his side. Ladd was 79 years old. Laddy Lee Vibbert was born to Winella and James Vibbert in The Dalles, Oregon on November 10, 1937. When Ladd was very young, his parents moved Ladd and his 3 brothers, Jim, Bruce and Gary, to Yakima where James would take part in building Memorial Hospital. Ladd graduated from Yakima High School in 1956 where he enjoyed playing baseball and started dating Myrl Jean Dopps, his childhood sweetheart who would eventually become his wife. It's been told that Ladd's tricks to catch the eye of Myrl were both his mastery of the YoYo (there is a champion patch to prove it) and his ability to sit backwards on the handle bars of his bike and ride up Franklin Park Hill without looking. Soon after graduating Ladd and Myrl were married and welcomed the first of their three children in 1959 when Darin was born. Ladd was called to serve in the Marine Reserves and did so over the next couple years while raising an ever-growing young family and moving around Washington State. Their second child, Debra, was born in 1962 in Spokane, soon to be followed by Ricky in 1963 in Kennewick. Ladd's job as a butcher was not just a career but a passion. One that took him all over the state and up and down the Yakima Valley over the last 50 years. Aside from work, Ladd loved spending time with his family, working on his property in West Valley, throwing rock parties, woodcutting, playing with his grand-puppy Annabelle, and telling endless stories from things he both experienced personally and things he read in the latest "Reader's Digest." Ladd was a deeply loyal and loving family man. Ladd is survived by son Darin and his wife Janie, daughter Debra McCracken and her husband Jim and son Rick; grandchildren Nichole Ramirez, Heather Burns and husband Butch, Ross, Jacob Bigby and wife Lindsay; and great-grandchildren Gina, Santana and Emiliano Ramirez, Kayla Vibbert, and Ellis and Logan Bigby. Ladd was preceded in death by parents James and Winella, brother Gary, and grandson Samuel Bigby. As a show of appreciation in his memory, and in lieu of flowers, the family has requested that you make a donation to the American Cancer Society. A special thanks to Yakima Memorial Hospital, Cottage in the Meadow and all the nurses and staff that provided loving care and support over the last week.