WEBB, Kenneth (Ken)

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ 10/20/2015 Kenneth Webb, 86, resident of Snowflake died Oct. 10, 2015, in Phoenix of natural causes. He was born June 26, 1929, in Massachusetts. Kenneth endured school and never went straight home after class. There were more interesting things to do like hunting bugs and frogs for his collection at home. His mother became a “nervous Nellie” and a screamer as a white pet rat crawled out from under his bed. At 17, he wanted to expand his roaming for adventure and begged his parents to sign on the dotted line so he could enlist in the Navy. They said no many times. But the soup at home was getting thin so they relented and away he sailed. He quickly decided it was a mistake but had to stick it out. He counted down the years and months until he was out. By then his dad, who was a plasterer by trade, was working in Phoenix. Ken tried his hand at different jobs ‘til one day he went into a coffee shop and had a chat with a man who was driving a telephone truck. A cup of coffee and a slice of pie later, the deal was struck. He was now employed as a lineman for the county. He started out with a 5-foot shovel to dig holes for the lines. As the years went by and more schooling was required, he moved up the ranks into computers. He was a bachelor with a few scares from a broken heart. He bumped into Sylvia in Snowflake, when her pickup truck needed fixing at a local garage. That day his life changed forever — but change is good. They met in April 1983 and were married in July 1984 in Alaska while on a fishing trip. His knowledge of computers and no knowledge of how to be a husband made for an interesting start. He is survived by his wife, Sylvia Webb. Private services are being held.