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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Margie Gunning Gibson
Margie Gunning
Gibson
February 9, 1922 – April 8, 2018
Margie Gunning Gibson's Obituary
Margie Gunning Gibson, 96, of Butler Township, passed away at her home Sunday, April 8, 2018, surrounded by her family. Margie was born February 9, 1922, in Goshen Township (Champaign County), Ohio, near Mechanicsburg. She grew up in Madison County (Ohio) and was a 1939 graduate of London High School. On June 19, 1942, she married B. P. Gibson, with whom she would spend the next 57 years. During World War II, Margie worked as a stenographer and secretary at Kellogg Army Air Field in Battle Creek, MI.
Following the War, Margie and her husband moved to Xenia, OH, where, in addition to her work as a homemaker, she became an active member of the Xenia Community, volunteering at Greene Memorial Hospital, serving as a Cub Scout den mother, and teaching Sunday School at the First United Methodist Church. She also worked for a time at the Xenia Municipal Offices.
Margie was a world-class cook and baker. She also enjoyed walking and hiking, travelling with her husband, and avidly following a variety of sports, particularly the Cincinnati Reds.
In her later years, Margie relished her morning swimming and exercise routine with her friends at the Englewood YMCA, working in her numerous gardens, and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, B. P. Gibson, former Vandalia-Butler / Xenia school administrator; her parents Frank and Grace Gunning; her siblings Max Gunning, Malcolm Gunning and Donna Gunning Nelson; and daughter-in-law Valerie Seiple Gibson. She is survived by her sons Thomas Gibson of Vandalia and David (Joelle) Gibson of Venice, Florida; grandchildren Greg Gibson of Little Rock, Arkansas, Megan Gibson of Dayton, Heath Gibson of Westerville, and Clark Gibson of Venice, Florida.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family; a dessert reception will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Rd, Dayton, OH.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory be made to Aullwood Audubon Center or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Tri-State Chapter, 4370 Glendale-Milford Rd, Cincinnati, OH. Condolences may be made to the family at www.NeeldFuneralHome.com .
Following the War, Margie and her husband moved to Xenia, OH, where, in addition to her work as a homemaker, she became an active member of the Xenia Community, volunteering at Greene Memorial Hospital, serving as a Cub Scout den mother, and teaching Sunday School at the First United Methodist Church. She also worked for a time at the Xenia Municipal Offices.
Margie was a world-class cook and baker. She also enjoyed walking and hiking, travelling with her husband, and avidly following a variety of sports, particularly the Cincinnati Reds.
In her later years, Margie relished her morning swimming and exercise routine with her friends at the Englewood YMCA, working in her numerous gardens, and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, B. P. Gibson, former Vandalia-Butler / Xenia school administrator; her parents Frank and Grace Gunning; her siblings Max Gunning, Malcolm Gunning and Donna Gunning Nelson; and daughter-in-law Valerie Seiple Gibson. She is survived by her sons Thomas Gibson of Vandalia and David (Joelle) Gibson of Venice, Florida; grandchildren Greg Gibson of Little Rock, Arkansas, Megan Gibson of Dayton, Heath Gibson of Westerville, and Clark Gibson of Venice, Florida.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family; a dessert reception will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Rd, Dayton, OH.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory be made to Aullwood Audubon Center or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Tri-State Chapter, 4370 Glendale-Milford Rd, Cincinnati, OH. Condolences may be made to the family at www.NeeldFuneralHome.com .
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