Shane Gibreal

Shelton resident, 45

SHELTON - Shane A. Gibreal, 45, of Shelton died Saturday, May 25, 2013, at his home.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Shelton United Methodist Church with the Rev. Melody Adams officiating. Burial will be at Shelton Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour before services at the church.

O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Homes - Miller Godberson Chapel of Gibbon is in charge of arrangements.

He was born Jan. 1, 1968, in Kearney to Richard Gibreal Jr. and Jacqueline (Garrett) Redding.

Survivors include his mother, Jacque Redding of Gibbon; father, Richard Gibreal of Aurora, Colo.; sisters, Rachelle Luvian and her husband, Carlos, of Hulbert, Okla., and Whitney Hutton of Coto de Caza, Calif.; brother, Brock Gibreal of Morrison, Colo.; daughter, Whitney Krehmeyer and her fiancé, Joe Cole, of Shelton; his first granddaughter, little Allie; niece, Moriah Chavez and nephews, Darius and Lazarus Chavez, all of Hulbert; aunts and uncles, Tami Stewart, Glenda DeBrie, Mark Garrett, David Welch, Caroline Schmidt, Lori Newell, Larry Gibreal, Mike Gibreal, Roger Gibreal, Randy Gibreal, Tim Gibreal, John Gibreal, Jimmy Gibreal and Gary Gibreal; and many cousins and a host of friends.

He attended Shelton Public School from kindergarten through 12th grade. He was a 1986 graduate and furthered his education at Kearney State College and Hastings Community College where he earned two degrees in architecture.

Shane's love for cars started at an early age and continued throughout his life. In his mind he could fix or build any car, as he did with his own racecars. That's when he founded Rocket Science Racing. He spent weekends in the summer at Kearney Raceway Park along with his uncle, John Gibreal.

He loved and took care of his family and was very excited about his new granddaughter. He was always there to help everyone. He had a love for music of all kinds and knew most of the words. Shane enjoyed cooking and was so excited when Bob, Joe and he could use the smoker that he designed.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Shawn; and grandparents, Glen J. Garrett and Patricia Ostrom, Richard Gibreal Sr. and Orie Gibreal, George Glen and Irene (Marks) Garrett and Charles and Audrey (Sharpe) Peak.

Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation.

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