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| − | + | Francis C. Gibbs was born in 1915. | |
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| − | ==Occupation== | + | ==Occupation== |
| − | + | A Town of Knox native, Francis Gibbs was for a time employed by General Electric, Schenectady, and at his father's farm off Pleasant Valley Road before the farm became Hillendale Farm campground. He was also a 38-year member and past chief of the Berne Fire Department and for 14 years was employed as a bus driver by the Berne-Knox-Westerlo schools. | |
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| + | Locally he is probably best remembered for the farm-campground operation, which included | ||
| + | an old-fashioned maple sugaring operation, the destination of many field trips by school classes and community groups over the years. Mr. Gibbs was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Altamont. | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
| − | + | Francis C. Gibbs, owner-operator of Gibbs's Hillendale Farm Campground, Knox, since 1963, died Friday, Aug. 24, 1984 at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, after a brief illness | |
==Obituary== | ==Obituary== | ||
Francis Gibbs, Dead At 69 | Francis Gibbs, Dead At 69 | ||
| − | Memorial services for the late Francis C. Gibbs will be held at 7 | + | Memorial services for the late Francis C. Gibbs will be held at 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8 at St. |
| − | p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8 at St. | + | John's Lutheran Church, Altamont. |
| − | John's Lutheran Church, Altamont. | + | |
| − | Mr. Gibbs, owner-operator of | + | Mr. Gibbs, owner-operator of Gibbs's Hillendale Farm Campground, Knox, since 1963, died Friday, Aug. 24 at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, after a brief illness. He was 69. |
| − | Gibbs's Hillendale Farm Campground, | + | |
| − | Knox, since 1963, died | + | A Town of Knox native, Mr. Gibbs was for a time employed by General Electric, Schenectady, and at his father's farm off Pleasant Valley Road before the farm became Hillendale Farm campground. He was also a 38-year member and past chief of the Berne Fire Department and for 14 years was employed as a bus driver by the Berne-Knox-Westerlo schools. |
| − | Friday, Aug. 24 at St. Peter's | + | |
| − | Hospital, Albany, after a brief | + | Locally he is probably best remembered for the farm-campground operation, which included |
| − | illness. He was 69. | + | an old-fashioned maple sugaring operation, the destination of many field trips by school classes and community groups over the years. Mr. Gibbs was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Altamont. |
| − | A Town of Knox native, Mr. | + | |
| − | Gibbs was for a time employed by | + | Survivors include his widow, the former Marion Hilton; a daughter, Mrs. Verlane Coon of Russell, |
| − | General Electric, Schenectady, | + | Mass.; a son, Brian R. Gibbs of Knox; his mother, Vertie Gibbs of Knox; a sister, Mrs. Betty |
| − | and at his father's farm off | + | LaGrange of Westerlo; a brother, Alton Gibbs of Hyde Park (Dutchess Co.); and three grandchildren. |
| − | Pleasant Valley Road before the | + | |
| − | farm became Hillendale Farm | + | Private sevices were held under the direction of Fredendall Funeral Home, Altamont. Burial was |
| − | campground. He was also a 38-year | + | at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Guilderland. Contributions in Mr. Gibb's memory may be made to Berne |
| − | member and past chief of the | + | Ambulance Fund, Berne, N.Y. 12023 or St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 142 Maple Ave., |
| − | Berne Fire Department and for 14 | ||
| − | years was employed as a bus | ||
| − | driver by the Berne-Knox-Westerlo | ||
| − | schools. | ||
| − | Locally he is probably best | ||
| − | remembered for the farm-campground | ||
| − | operation, which included | ||
| − | an | ||
| − | operation, the destination of many | ||
| − | field trips by school classes and | ||
| − | community groups over the years. | ||
| − | Mr. Gibbs was a member of St. | ||
| − | John's Lutheran Church, Altamont. | ||
| − | |||
| − | former Marion Hilton; a daughter, | ||
| − | Mrs. Verlane Coon of Russell, | ||
| − | Mass.; a son, Brian R. Gibbs of | ||
| − | Knox; his mother, Vertie | ||
| − | Knox; a sister, Mrs. Betty | ||
| − | LaGrange of Westerlo; a brother, | ||
| − | Alton Gibbs of Hyde Park (Dutchess | ||
| − | Co.); and three grandchildren. | ||
| − | Private sevices were held under | ||
| − | the direction of Fredendall Funeral | ||
| − | Home, Altamont. Burial was | ||
| − | at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Guilderland. | ||
| − | Contributions in Mr. Gibb's | ||
| − | memory may be made to Berne | ||
| − | Ambulance Fund, Berne, N.Y. | ||
| − | 12023 or St. John's Evangelical | ||
| − | Lutheran Church, 142 Maple Ave., | ||
Altamont, N.Y. 12009. | Altamont, N.Y. 12009. | ||
| + | :[[h:Altamont Enterprise|Altamont Enterprise]] - August 30, 1984 | ||
==Additional Media== | ==Additional Media== | ||
Revision as of 12:18, 8 August 2013
Birth
Francis C. Gibbs was born in 1915.
Education
Occupation
A Town of Knox native, Francis Gibbs was for a time employed by General Electric, Schenectady, and at his father's farm off Pleasant Valley Road before the farm became Hillendale Farm campground. He was also a 38-year member and past chief of the Berne Fire Department and for 14 years was employed as a bus driver by the Berne-Knox-Westerlo schools.
Locally he is probably best remembered for the farm-campground operation, which included an old-fashioned maple sugaring operation, the destination of many field trips by school classes and community groups over the years. Mr. Gibbs was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Altamont.
Marriage & Children
Death
Francis C. Gibbs, owner-operator of Gibbs's Hillendale Farm Campground, Knox, since 1963, died Friday, Aug. 24, 1984 at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, after a brief illness
Obituary
Francis Gibbs, Dead At 69
Memorial services for the late Francis C. Gibbs will be held at 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Altamont.
Mr. Gibbs, owner-operator of Gibbs's Hillendale Farm Campground, Knox, since 1963, died Friday, Aug. 24 at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, after a brief illness. He was 69.
A Town of Knox native, Mr. Gibbs was for a time employed by General Electric, Schenectady, and at his father's farm off Pleasant Valley Road before the farm became Hillendale Farm campground. He was also a 38-year member and past chief of the Berne Fire Department and for 14 years was employed as a bus driver by the Berne-Knox-Westerlo schools.
Locally he is probably best remembered for the farm-campground operation, which included an old-fashioned maple sugaring operation, the destination of many field trips by school classes and community groups over the years. Mr. Gibbs was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Altamont.
Survivors include his widow, the former Marion Hilton; a daughter, Mrs. Verlane Coon of Russell, Mass.; a son, Brian R. Gibbs of Knox; his mother, Vertie Gibbs of Knox; a sister, Mrs. Betty LaGrange of Westerlo; a brother, Alton Gibbs of Hyde Park (Dutchess Co.); and three grandchildren.
Private sevices were held under the direction of Fredendall Funeral Home, Altamont. Burial was at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Guilderland. Contributions in Mr. Gibb's memory may be made to Berne Ambulance Fund, Berne, N.Y. 12023 or St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 142 Maple Ave., Altamont, N.Y. 12009.
- Altamont Enterprise - August 30, 1984
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