WINDSOR, VT
Beatrice M. "Bea" Gibbs, 77, a longtime resident of Windsor passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, May 29 at her home in Windsor.
She was born March 11, 1935 in Taftsville, VT the daughter of Morris Wayne and Flossie (Gibbs) Burnham. She moved to Massachusetts with her family as a young girl and attended school in Pepperell, MA and Hollis, NH. She returned to Windsor in 1957. She married Lyman A. "Gibby" Gibbs in West Hartford, VT on February 27, 1958. Bea was employed at the former Dewey Country Woolens in Quechee for several years and later at the Davis Home in Windsor. She was most recently employed as a store clerk at Price Chopper in Windsor for twenty years until her retirement in 2010.
She had been a member and Past President of the Windsor Emblem Club and was presently a member of the Emblem Club in Bellows Falls. Mrs. Gibbs was a State Past President of the Vermont State Association of Emblem Clubs. She was also a member of the Windsor American Legion Post #25 Auxiliary.
She enjoyed flower gardening, sewing, cooking, crafts and jigsaw puzzles. She especially enjoyed spending time with her family. Mr. Gibbs passed away in 1992.
She was also predeceased by her parents, one son, Norman Gibbs, one daughter, Margaret Pritchard, one sister, Shirley Kibling and two grandchildren, Chester Burnham and Kathy May.
Survivors include, two sons, Marvin Pritchard and his wife, Dale of Danville, VT, and Thomas Gibbs of Ascutney, VT, four daughters, Elizabeth "Liz" Walker and her husband, Ronald of Baltimore, VT, Margaret May of Harrison, ME, Barbara Burnham and her husband, Wayne of Hartland, VT and Karlene Gibbs of Manchester, OH, fifteen grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren, three brothers, Wayne Burnham of Hartland, VT, Thomas Burnham of Claremont, NH and Ralph Burnham of Windsor, VT, one sister, Marie Edwards of Cornish, NH, several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Knight Funeral Home in Windsor on Tuesday evening, June 5, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
The funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 6 at 2:00 PM at the Old South Congregational Church in Windsor with the Rev. Amanda Lape-Freeberg, Pastor officiating. Committal services will follow in the family lot in the Ascutney Cemetery in Windsor. A reception for family and friends will follow back at the church hall.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Vermont State Association of Emblem Clubs, to be used for scholarships, in c/o Elizabeth A. Walker at 870 Baltimore Road, Baltimore, VT 05143 or to The Current by Connecticut River Transit in c/o Catherine Bullock at 706 Rockingham Road, Rockingham, VT 05101 to be used to transport dialysis patients to appointments.