Charles Ebin Gibbens

Published in the Adams County Times 22 Jun 1988

Charles Ebin Gibbens, 85, of County Highway A, Town of Easton, Adams County, Wis, died Sunday, June 19, 1988, at Adams County Memorial Hospital following a long illness with cancer.

He was born June 25, 1902, in Easton Township, a son of William Ebin and Dorothy Mae Gibbens. He married Marion Marguerite Lawton, a school teacher, on May 31, 1928, in Tomah, Wis.

As a young man, Gibbens sold automobiles for the Ford garage in Adams. He worked as a laborer for various lumbermen, tried farming for 20 years, and in later life he assisted his wife in her real estate business.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Lyle Gibbens, Easton; a brother, Gilbert Gibbens, Charkston, Wash; a sister, Agnes Zielenski, Westfield, Wis; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Roseberry's Funeral Home in Friendship, Wis, Wednesday, June 22, at 2pm with the Rev Glenn A Dunn officiating. Burial was in the Easton cemetery.