Edith Joyce (Swainson) Gibson |
| Posted 2009-07-31 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ May 27, 2009, p. A6 Edith “Joyce” Gibson passed away peacefully on May 17 at her home in Wickenburg, Ariz., with her husband of 48 years at her side. Joyce was born March 14, 1940 in Livingston, Mont., to John “Walker” and Ethel Swainson. She graduated in 1958 from Park County High School in Livingston. She went onto receive her teaching degree from Montana State College in Bozeman and Eastern College in Billings in 1963. She married James Gibson of Livingston, Mont., in June of 1961. In April of 1966, she gave birth to their daughter Traci. Joyce had a long and rewarding educator’s career teaching in Washington, Montana and Wyoming. After she and her husband retired, they owned and operated The Book Peddler at Sunrise Mall in Casper, Wyo. Joyce is preceded in death by her parents, J.W. and Ethel Swainson. She is survived by husband Jim Gibson of Wickenburg; their daughter Traci and two grandsons of Casper, Wyo.; her two brothers Jack Swainson of Spokane, Wash., and Bert Swainson of Livingston, Mont., in addition to cousins and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at St. Andrews Church in Livingston, Mont., on June 13 at 2 p.m. with a celebration of her life immediately following at the O’Hair ranch. In lieu of flowers, the family requests any donations be made to Hospice of the Valley at 9720 Peoria Ave. Suite 128, Peoria, AZ 85345. Arrangements are by David’s Desert Chapel Funeral Home. |
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