Obituary for Craig Wilberding

Craig Thomas Wilberding of Kearney, Nebraska, passed away on April 17, 2019.
A funeral mass will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, August 2, 2019 at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Breda. Burial will be in St. Bernard's Cemetery in Breda with military honors conducted by the Breda American Legion.
Craig was born in St. Joseph, Michigan on October 31, 1963. He was the third of eight children of Edward and Maureen Wilberding and he grew up in Norwich, Vermont. He graduated from the University of Vermont and subsequently served 6 years as an Intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force. Later, he received Masters of Sciences in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska. 
Craig is predeceased by his mother who passed away on March 14, 1999. He is survived by his father Edward of Lincoln; brothers Darrick (Marianne) of Boston, Erick (Iosella) of Rome, Italy, Douglas (Jessica) of Norwich, Vermont, Kurt (Waisum) of Brooklyn, NY; sisters Bridget Huggins (Peter) of Papillion, Mary (Günter) of Heilbronn, Germany and Tara Kim (Tom) of Newbury Park, CA; and many uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. 
Craig had a wonderful sense of humor with a fondness for puns and was a voracious reader. He especially loved playing board games in the Kearney area. One of his favorite games with his group of friends was Warhammer. 
He will be greatly missed by his family and anyone who knew him. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Moving Veterans Forward, which assists homeless veterans in Nebraska and Iowa.