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Ronald Allen Gibbs

1921 - 2009

Ronald A. Gibbs, 87, of Garner, died on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Monday, at the United Methodist Church in Garner, with Rev. David Wagner officiating. Burial was in the Concord Township Cemetery in Garner. The Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Ronald Allen Gibbs, the son of Harry and Esther (Lenz) Gibbs, was born on August 8, 1921, on a farm east of Klemme. He graduated from the Klemme High School in 1939. On July 11, 1945, he married Lois Gast at the Liberty Methodist Church northwest of Klemme. Ron farmed with his father until 1950 when he and Lois moved to a farm west of Klemme. In 1959, they purchased a farm north of Garner and continued to farm until retiring and moving into Garner in 1978. In October of 2008, Ron became a resident of the Prairie View Apartments. He enjoyed fishing, camping and helping his son-in-law, Jerry, on the farm. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Garner, North Garner Community Club and served on the Creamery boards in Klemme and Garner.

Ron is survived by his two daughters, Ronna (Jerry) Myers of Garner and Lora (Rev. Lester "Pete") Ward of Lansing, Illinois; five grandchildren, Carrie Ward, Sarah Ward, Ami (Ryan) Frohling and their three children, Emma, Maxwell and Josephine, Beth Myers and her son, Isaac and Jack (Billie) Myers and their two children, Trevor and Kayley; two sisters, Harriet Bridgeford of Garner and Isabelle Gibbs of Mason City; two sisters-in-law, Lola Fredin of Swaledale and Ruth Gast of Garner; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois; his parents; and a brother, Asa Gibbs.

source: Garner Leader & Signal, 1 Apr 2009

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