TIBBITS, Genevieve Lorene (Knight) 1910-1936

KNIGHT, TIBBITS, TIBBETTS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/27/2010 at 23:11:58

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Mrs. H. Tibbetts
Died Monday at
W. Bigelow Home

Mrs. Harvey Tibbetts, 26 years old, died Monday forenoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bigelow, where she had been cared for since leaving the hospital two weeks ago, following the birth of a daughter.

Mrs. Tibbetts suffered from a heart ailment which hastened her death, although she had never recovered her strength since the birth of her baby a month ago.

The deceased was, before her marriage, Genevieve Knight, a daughter of Herbert Knight, near LeRoy, and was born and raised in that community. Her mother died when she was a young child and her father's second wife was Mrs. Belle Blandin-Green. Both her stepmother and father passed away several years ago.

Since their marriage the Tibbets had farmed near David. Mr. Tibbetts and daughter survive.

Funeral services and burial were at LeRoy.

[Mitchell County Press, February 13, 1936]

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Genevieve Lorene Knight Tibbits

Genevieve Lorene Knight Tibbits was born February 1, 1910, in Oak Dale, Howard County, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert G. Knight. In this same community she grew to womanhood.

On March 12, 1935, she was united in marriage to Harvey Tibbits, also of Oak Dale. They have lived on farms near McIntire and Osage, Iowa. To this union was born one child, named Lorene Anna, on January 15, 1936. Mrs. Tibbits confessed faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized into the membership of the LeRoy Baptist Church in December, 1923.

She graduated from the LeRoy High School in 1926 and from the Teachers College, Cedar Falls, in 1929. Mrs. Tibbits was a teacher in a district school for several years.

She died at Osage, February 10, 1936 and leaves to mourn her passing her husband and little daughter, so recently born; two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Keston and Florence; also one brother Alton. She also leaves her grandmother, Mrs. Agnes Knight of Brookings, South Dakota; also four uncles, Archie Knight and Ross Miller, of Oak Dale, and Ben Miller, of St. Paul.

There are three aunts; Mrs. C. Hausen, Mrs. Maude Dunton, and Mrs. Grace Pillsbury, and other relatives and a host of friends.

The funeral was held Thursday afternoon in the Baptist Church at LeRoy, where she was a member, conducted by the pastor, Roy L. Palmerton. The body was laid in the LeRoy Cemetery.

[Mitchell County Press, February 20, 1936]