Obituary of Clara Gibbs

Margaret Gibbs passed away peacefully at the Briarwood Skilled Nursing Facility in Stow, Ohio, following a slow decline. She was 101 years of age. Born Clara Margaret Cook, in Quincy Illinois, the only child of Willis and Berdina Cook of Paloma, Illinois, she was raised in that small farming community. She graduated from Quincy High School and attended MacMurray College for Women in Jacksonville, Illinois graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1932. She married Carlin F. Gibbs, PhD of Golden, Illinois. They moved to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in the mid 1930’s and became homeowners in Silver Lake, Ohio in 1940, where they resided thereafter. Margaret was active in the Parent Teachers Association at Silver Lake School, the local garden club and the Martha Mary Guild of the Church in Silver Lake, where she and Carlin were members since its’ founding in the mid 1940’s. Following the passing of her husband, after 60 years of marriage in 2006, declining health required increased nursing support in recent years. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Steven C. Gibbs, MD and Janet M. Gibbs, RN, FPNP, MFT of Mill Valley, California, granddaughters Sara M. Gibbs, MSW of Sacramento, California,  and Emily (Jaques) Byrd of Louisville, Kentucky and infant great-grandson Theodore Byrd. Memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, November 24th at the Church in Silver Lake, 2951 Kent Rd. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Martha Mary Guild. The interment will be conducted privately in Quincy, Illinois.