Graveside Service:
Monday, July 13, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. at Richmond
Grove Cemetery in New Holland
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Gwendolyn R. Tibbs, 83, of New
Holland, passed away at her home on Wednesday, July
8, 2020.
Graveside Services will be held on Monday, July 13,
2020, at 9:30 a.m. at Richmond Grove Cemetery in New
Holland. Pastor Ryan Edgecombe will officiate.
Gwendolyn R. Tibbs was born Nov. 29, 1936, in
Lincoln, the daughter of C. Gwin and M. Erlene
Brooks Tibbs. She married Dean A. Tibbs on June 28,
1968, in New Holland. He preceded her in death on
Oct. 7, 2002.
Gwendolyn is survived by one son: J. Robert (Diane)
Rankin; five step-children: Terry (Katheryne) Tibbs,
Mike (Rhonda) Tibbs, Betty (Jerry) Hayes, Steven
(Vaughn) Tibbs, and Mary (Schinova) Cory; three
grandchildren: Heidi (Robert) Mueller, Jennifer
(Greg) White, and James Robert "Bobby" Rankin;
several step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren;
one great-grandson: Dean Jenvey; one brother: Gary
L. (Anita) Tibbs; and one sister: Janet (Zane)
Shelton. |
She was preceded in death by two
brothers: Donald E. Tibbs and Kenneth L. Tibbs.
Gwendolyn graduated from New Holland High School in
1954. She worked as executive secretary for Lincoln
Development Center for 30 years. She was a member of
the Broadwell Christian Church and volunteered at
the Postville Courthouse, Abraham Lincoln
Railsplitting Association and The Christian Village.
She loved to attend dirt track races, or any other
event with her family. She never met a stranger.
Memorials may be made to the Broadwell Christian
Church.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley
Funeral Home of Lincoln.
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