Individual Details

Death

LEWISTOWN - Gilbert S. "Gib" Shirey, 86, of 167 Ort Valley Road, Lewistown, died at 2:18 p.m. Thursday, March 2, 2000, at Lewistown Hospital.
Born June 20, 1913, in Derry Township, Mifflin County, he was a son of the late Lester L. and Mary (Klose) Shirey. His wife, Cora (Wagner) Shirey, whom he married May 6, 1934, survives.
Also surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Norma) Fisher, 33 Woodbine Road, Lewistown; brother and sister, Leonard L. Shirey and Mrs. William (Kathryn) Stumpff, both of Lewistown RR3; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, John K. Shirey.
He was employed for 34 years by the U.S. Postal Service until his retirement in November 1973.
He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church; a charter member and past president of Chief Logan Lions Club; past district 14-L governor and was the first recipient in Mifflin County of the Melvin Jones Award; a charter member of Northeast Eye Bank; and a member of Lewistown Lodge 203 F&AM and numerous other masonic bodies.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Hoenstine Funeral Home Inc., 75 Logan St., Lewistown, with the Rev. Gerald A. Krum officiating. Interment will be in Juniata Memorial Park.
Family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where masonic services will be held at 8:30 p.m.
Family will provide all flowers.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Beacon Lodge Camp for the Blind, 114 Route 103 South, Mount Union, PA 17066 or Shriners Crippled Children, c/o Jaffa Shrine, PO Box 1984, Altoona, PA 16603.