Fay Martha Gibbs
1917 - 1991
Fay M. Gibbs
1917 - 1991
Services for Mrs. Fay M. Gibbs, 74, of Garner, who died Friday March 15, 1991 at
Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt were held 10:30 a.m., Monday, March
18, at the United Methodist Church in Garner with Rev. Robert T. Ellis as
officiant.
Mrs. Richard Johnson was organist. Ushers were Vern Butz and Maynard Schoneman.
Casket bearers were David Neuberger, Jerry Meyers, Dan Kadrlik, Gary Schisel,
Burke Haberkamp and LuVerne Schmidt.
Burial was in Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme. Visitation was held at the
Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner.
Fay Martha Gibbs, the daughter of John and Marie (Jahnke) Neuberger, was born
February 22, 1917 on a farm near Klemme. She attended the rural schools of Elk
Township and then graduated from Klemme Independent School in 1934. She received
her teaching certificate at Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls and then
taught in the rural schools east of Klemme and also in Cerro Gordo County.
November 14, 1945, she was married to Asa E. Gibbs at the Methodist Church in
Klemme. They lived almost all of their married life in Garner, She had been
active as a Cub Scout Den Mother.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, U.M.W., Rebekah Circle and had
taught Sunday School and Bible School.
She is survived by her husband, Asa Gibbs of Garner; her son, Jotham "Joe" Gibbs
and his wife, Kathy of Garner; four grandchildren, Pam, Dan, Melissa and Joe,
Jr.; a sister, Ruth Neuberger of Klemme; three brothers, John Neuberger of
Austin, TX., Bill Neuberger, Sr. and his wife, Emma of Klemme and Merlin
Neuberger and his wife, Betty of Klemme; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Clarence Neuberger and
Walter Neuberger; and two sisters, Mrs. May Blumer and Margaret Marie Neuberger.
source: Garner Leader & Signal, 20 Mar 1991, page
6, column 1
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Fay Martha Neuberger Gibbs: born 22 Feb 1917 Klemme,
Hancock County, Iowa - died 15 Mar 1991 Britt, Hancock County, Iowa
Grave marker at Calvary Cemetery, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa - Block 3, Lot 79
Daughter of John N Neuberger, born 1868 - died 1962 and Marie Jahnke, born
1876 - died 1965
Wife of: Asa Ernest Gibbs, born 1914-
died 2007
Sister of:
Clarence Frederick Neuberger (1897-1985)
Ruth M Neuberger (1902-2005)
William James Neuberger (1909-1997)
Margaret Marie Neuberger (1920-1922)
Merlin John Neuberger (1920-2000)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 100526800
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