Mrs. Gibbons was born July 25, 1854 near Syracuse, N.Y., and came to Portland in 1886. She taught in Failing and the old Park, now Ladd, schools until 1907 when she married John Joseph Gibbons, a pioneer orchardist of Hood River. The couple lived in Hood River until 1918, moving at that time to Portland. Mrs. Gibbons retained an active interest in her ex-pupils, following many of them throughout their lives. She was an active member of Westminster Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Gibbons is survived by her widower, two nieces in Portland, Mrs. Benjamin S. Morrow and Mrs. Arthur W. Barendrick; by two brothers, E. Fred Knapp and Willard F. Knapp, Syracuse, N.U.; a niece, Mrs. Charles Burr of Troy, N.Y., and three nephews, F. Malcolm Knapp, Vancouver, B. C., and Walter and Robert, New York.
[The Oregonian, 8 Dec 1927, p18; w/photo]
Mrs. Gibbons was born July 25, 1854 near Syracuse, N.Y., and came to Portland in 1886. She taught in Failing and the old Park, now Ladd, schools until 1907 when she married John Joseph Gibbons, a pioneer orchardist of Hood River. The couple lived in Hood River until 1918, moving at that time to Portland. Mrs. Gibbons retained an active interest in her ex-pupils, following many of them throughout their lives. She was an active member of Westminster Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Gibbons is survived by her widower, two nieces in Portland, Mrs. Benjamin S. Morrow and Mrs. Arthur W. Barendrick; by two brothers, E. Fred Knapp and Willard F. Knapp, Syracuse, N.U.; a niece, Mrs. Charles Burr of Troy, N.Y., and three nephews, F. Malcolm Knapp, Vancouver, B. C., and Walter and Robert, New York.
[The Oregonian, 8 Dec 1927, p18; w/photo]
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