GIBSON, Mary Alice (Horn) 1929-2008

HORN, GIBSON, KRAUSHAAR

Posted By: K. Kittleson (email)
Date: 11/2/2008 at 18:52:42

Waterloo, Iowa-- Mary Alice Gibson, 79, of Denver, Iowa, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.

Funeral services were held on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Waterloo, with burial in the Mt. Vernon Township Cemetery, Waterloo.

Mary Horn was born March 31, 1929, in East St. Louis, Ill., the daughter of John P. and Elizabeth (Kraushaar) Horn.

She married Earl Gibson on June 13, 1947. The couple lived in Ancon, Panama before moving to Shell Rock, Iowa, where they would farm from 1953 until their retirement in 1985. Upon their retirement they moved to Ennis, Montana until declining health forced them to move to the Denver area in 1992. Earl passed away in June of 1993.

Surviving her are her five daughters: Mona (Albert) Rahlf of Waterloo, Wylene (Gregory) Heidorn of Rochester, Minn., Laura (Larry) Miller of Fairfield, Peggy (Allen) Jacobs of Jefferson and Karen (Ray) Johnson of Belgrade, Mont.: her four sons: Stuart (Tari) Gibson of Woodstock, Georgia, Duane (Julie) Gibson of Shell Rock, Kent (Brenda) Gibson of Denver and Brad (Becky) Gibson of Charles City; along with many beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband Earl and her parents.

Memorial contributions may be directed toward the family and on-line condolences may be left at www.kaisercorson.com.

Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home in Denver is in charge of arrangements, (319) 984-5379.

[Charles City Press - Oct 31, 2008]