Individual Details
Charles S. Gibson
(9 Apr 1916 - 2 Sep 2002)
OLSBURG [Kansas] - Charles S. Gibson, 86, Olsburg, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, at a Manhattan hospital.
Mr. Gibson had been a researcher with Lockheed Aircraft until retiring in 1980. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
He was born April 9, 1916, in Humboldt, the son of Ves and Gaynell Goss Gibson.
Mr. Gibson was a member of the Olsburg Lutheran Church and past commander of Post No. 284 of the American Legion in Olsburg.
He married Ardeva Webster on Nov. 3, 1940, in Los Angeles. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Bob Gibson, Merced, Calif., and Chuck Gibson, San Juan Island, Wash.; five daughters, Carol Sue Gibson, Alhambra, Calif., Sharon Pike, Sun Valley, Calif., Barbara Shows, La Crescenta, Calif., Kathy Pierson, San Jose, Calif., and Tamara Barber, Allen Park, Mich.; three sisters, Ina Mae Hamilton, Palmdale, Calif., Frances Ivory, Reseda, Calif., and Eleanor Rutter, Topeka; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Mr. Gibson was preceded in death by a son, William Gibson, in 1942, and a daughter, Mary Gibson, in 1956.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Olsburg Lutheran Church. Burial with military honors will be in Mariadahl Cemetery in Olsburg. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Holmes-Pfeifley Funeral Home in Riley.
Memorial contributions may be made to Olsburg Post No. 284 of the American Legion or the Olsburg Lutheran Church and sent in care of the funeral home.
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
Mr. Gibson had been a researcher with Lockheed Aircraft until retiring in 1980. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
He was born April 9, 1916, in Humboldt, the son of Ves and Gaynell Goss Gibson.
Mr. Gibson was a member of the Olsburg Lutheran Church and past commander of Post No. 284 of the American Legion in Olsburg.
He married Ardeva Webster on Nov. 3, 1940, in Los Angeles. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Bob Gibson, Merced, Calif., and Chuck Gibson, San Juan Island, Wash.; five daughters, Carol Sue Gibson, Alhambra, Calif., Sharon Pike, Sun Valley, Calif., Barbara Shows, La Crescenta, Calif., Kathy Pierson, San Jose, Calif., and Tamara Barber, Allen Park, Mich.; three sisters, Ina Mae Hamilton, Palmdale, Calif., Frances Ivory, Reseda, Calif., and Eleanor Rutter, Topeka; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Mr. Gibson was preceded in death by a son, William Gibson, in 1942, and a daughter, Mary Gibson, in 1956.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Olsburg Lutheran Church. Burial with military honors will be in Mariadahl Cemetery in Olsburg. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Holmes-Pfeifley Funeral Home in Riley.
Memorial contributions may be made to Olsburg Post No. 284 of the American Legion or the Olsburg Lutheran Church and sent in care of the funeral home.
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
Events
| Birth | 9 Apr 1916 | Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 13 Jan 1920 | (William Sylvester "Ves" Gibson and Gaynell Consuello Goss) Salem, Allen County, Kansas |  |  | |
| Death | 2 Sep 2002 | Manhattan, Kansas |
Families
| Father | William Sylvester "Ves" Gibson (1895 - 1920) |
| Mother | Gaynell Consuello Goss (1900 - 1966) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
William S GibsonHeadM24Kansas - FArmerGaynelle GibsonWifeF19Missouri
Charles GibsonSonM3Kansas
Cecil BakerHired manM18Kansas
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFD2-KLN : accessed 14 November 2016), Gaynelle Gibson in household of William S Gibson, Salem, Allen, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 2B, line 89, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 522; FHL microfilm 1,820,522..