Henry William KIEL

Henry William Kiel Aug 7, 1953 - March 22nd, 2023 Aviation enthusiast , multi talented, loving Father, Son, and Grandfather. Henry William Kiel’ s love of life, and family certainly didn’t come to an end with his peaceful passing in his home on Wednesday, March 22nd, at 12:15 p.m. He was surrounded by his loving family, and close relatives. After overcoming incredible odds set against him. Including lung cancer twice, Covid 19, extensive hospital stays and rehabilitation, COPD. Much like his personality in life, he never stopped fighting. Henry was born August 7th, 1953, in California, is survived by his mother Verna Rosemary Greber, his Wife Linda Sue Kiel, his daughter Crystal, his sons Kris, Tim, Ricky, and Josh. His grandchildren Kirsty, her children Aryanna and Reyna. Dameris and her son River, Bethany, Ashley, Ethan, Logan, Caleb, Dakota, and baby Kaylee. He married the woman he would live the rest of his days with in Linda Sue Wick on March 5th, 1978. Their first born child Kris, was born on March 15th 1979. They would go on to have three more children, and recently celebrated their 45th anniversary together. Henry loved, and valued his family above everything else. Being the best Grandfather and great grandfather to all of his grandchildren, it became his new favorite thing to do . Nothing made him more happy from that point on, than to be the best grandpa he could be to his grandchildren, and to create loving memories for all to remember him by. He always tried to keep in touch with all of his family members, no matter how far apart they were. Family was the most important thing to him, and he instilled these values in every single extension of himself. Henry was so talented , he had the ability to easily learn new skills, and successfully ran a few different businesses. Henry always made the sacrifices needed to care for his family. Working overnights, weekends, whatever it took. He was a skilled Graphic designer, Artist, Carpenter, Heating and Air Conditioning Installer and Repair Technician, and created and maintained a hood cleaning company, servicing over 80-100 local businesses . All of these skills and more, were passed down to his sons and will be passed down to the next generations. But it was the simplest pleasures that brought great joy to Henry. He was perfectly content just being surrounded by his family. He was truly the sweetest man you could ever meet, and he spent his last few years ensuring that his loved ones would have beautiful, lasting images of time spent with the sweetest, most giving, loving, and thoughtful grandfather, great grandfather, father, husband, and best friend anyone could ever hope for.

Henry William KIEL

August 7, 1953 - March 22, 2023