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							 Visitation:  From 5 p.m. to  7 
							p.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Holland Barry & 
							Bennett Funeral Home. 
							Service:
							10:00 a.m.  Thursday, at the funeral home 
							
							Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral 
							Home 
							Obituary 
							 Cecil Edward "Ed" Tibbs, 85, of Middletown, 
							passed away July 24, 2015, at his residence. 
							 
							Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, 
							2015 at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home. 
							 
							Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m.  Thursday, 
							July 30, 2015 also at the funeral home with Pastor 
							Dick Piscatelli officiating. Burial will follow in 
							Walnut Ridge Cemetery with full military rites by 
							the Middletown American Legion Post 672.  
							 
							Ed was born November 16, 1929 in Greenview, the son 
							of Dennis Cecil and Lucinda Jane (Kurtz) Tibbs.  
							 
							He proudly served his country in the United States 
							Army during the Korean War. Overseas, he was a 
							member of the 25th Infantry and Stateside he was a 
							member of the 101st Airborne and the 5th Army 
							Division. Ed was self employed as a Heavy Equipment 
							Operator and Farmer. He was also a skilled wood and 
							metal worker.  
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He was active in his community in various organizations. He was a member of the 
Middletown United Methodist Church, the Middletown American Legion Post 672, the 
Land Improvement Conservation Association, was a volunteer for Middletown Fire 
and Rescue, was an elected official on the Corwin Township Board, and was 
instrumental in the remodeling of the Knapp Chestnut Becker Library where he 
built and installed the support beams. Ed enjoyed hunting and the outdoors and 
was a member of the NRA.  
 
Surviving are his brothers Bob ( Jo) Tibbs of Williamsville, and Harry (Jonie) 
Tibbs of Lincoln. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins, and 
friends.  
 
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Paul Irwin Tibbs. 
 
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Middletown American 
Legion Post 672 or to Middletown Volunteer Fire and Rescue and will be accepted 
at the funeral home. 
							 
            
            				
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