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Esther Sarah Gibbs
1891 - 1976
December 7, 1891 - July 1, 1976
Esther Sarah Gibbs was born December 7, 1891 in German Township of Hancock
County, Iowa and died July 1, 1976 at the Concord Manor Nursing Home at Garner
following a brief illness.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest (Friederika Koerner) Lenz. She
attended rural school and graduated from Klemme High School. Esther was a piano
teacher before her marriage.
On January 28, 1914 Esther was united in marriage to Harry R. Gibbs at the home
of her parents in Klemme. They farmed on the Gibbs home place until 1961 when
they retired to Klemme. They had observed their golden wedding anniversary in
1964. In November of 1973 she moved to an apartment in Garner. Mrs. Gibbs was a
life long member of the Methodist Church, having joined the German Methodist
Church in her youth which later joined with the English Methodist Church. She
was a member of the United Methodist Women's Society, Sunday school teacher and
Superintendent of the Cradle Roll.
Esther was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Harry; and three
sisters, Minnie Lenz, Martha Ridder and Emelie Arnold. She leaves to mourn her
departure two daughters, Mrs. Virgil (Harriet) Bridgeford, Mason City and
Isabelle Gibbs, Salem, Oregon; two sons, Asa Gibbs and Ronald Gibbs of Garner;
three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Esther Sarah Lenz Gibbs: born
7 Dec 1891 Hancock County, Iowa - died 1 Jul 1976 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa
Grave marker at Calvary Cemetery, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa - Block 4, Lot 136
Daughter of Ernest Henry Lenz, born 1851 - died 1925 and Friederike Louise
Koerner, born
1859 - died 1923
Wife of Harry Ralph Gibbs, born 1892 - died 1973
- Mother of:
Asa Ernest Gibbs (1914-2007)
Isabelle Fredericka Gibbs (1931-2016)
Sister of:
Minnie S. Lenz (1879-1974)
Emilie Marie Lenz Arnold (1885-1971)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 100525189
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