Maria Kibby, former Ridgefielder

Maria H. Kibby of Old Saybrook, a former Ridgefielder who was a public relations executive, died on Jan. 26, 2005 in Middlesex Hospital after a brief illness.

Mrs. Kibby was born in New York City to Karl and Maria Heitz. She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University and was employed throughout her life as a public relations executive. Over the years she had worked for J. Walter Thompson,  Siemen’s Corporation and   General Electric.

Later she had her own company, Kibby Communications, in Ridgefield.

The Kibbys came to Ridgefield in 1986, living on Old Stagecoach Road. They moved to Old Saybrook in the late 1990s. Mr. Kibby died in 1999.

Mrs. Kibby is survived by four sons: Geoffrey Alan Kibby and wife Christina of Kingsville, Texas, Stephen Karl Kibby and wife Michelle of San Diego, Calif., Matthew Clark Libby and wife Eva of Monroe, and Mark Robert Kibby and wife Cathryn of Granby; and by eight grandchildren.

Private services are being arranged by her sons who were all at her bedside throughout her final days.