Full Name:Lester R. Gibbs Age:82 Years Sex: M
Current address: Topeka
Date of death: August 31, 2003
Place of death: Plaza West Care Center Topeka
Date of birth: March 25, 1921 Place of birth: Manhattan, KS
Parents: Charles Edward and Mary Rose Standage Gibbs
Years in current city/town: life-long resident of the Topeka area
Background: Attended Topeka High School. He served in the United States Army during WWII on Okinawa and flew to Japan on a forward detail in Sept of 1945. He served one year in Japan. He was a long time member of Topeka Lodge #17 A. F. & A.M. He was a life time member of Paralyzed Veterans and a member of Philip Billard VFW Lodge # 1650 since 1947. He was also a member of Old Timers Club of Adams Business Forms where he worked for 28 years. He was granted a U.S. Patent and had earned a pilot license.
He was a member of Oakland United Methodist Church.
Relatives: Married to: Grace Rupple on October 24, 1940 in Atchison, Kansas preceded in death by: One daughter, Sue Gibbs Cain who was killed in an auto accident at age 18 on July 22, 1959.
Immediate survivors:
His wife, Grace Gibbs of the home in Topeka
1 Daughter: Marcia Steinbock, and her husband Mark of Tecumseh, KS
2 Granddaughters: Lynda and Valerie Steinbock
2 Sisters: Vern King, Chandler, TX
Betty Pointer, Santa Anna, CA
Service time, day, date, place: An Inurnment sevice will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery on Friday September 5, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. Military honors will be presented by Philip Billard VFW Lodge # 1650
Memorial contributions, if any: Oakland United Methodist Church 801 Chester Ave. Topeka, KS 66616 Or Plaza West Regional Care Center, 1570 SW Westport Dr. Topeka, KS 66604