Chester C. Gibson
Chester C. Gibson, age 74, of Uniontown, Pa. went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in Mercy Hospital with his loving family by his side.
He was born on April 24, 1937 in Grindstone, Pa., the son of the late Donald and Helen Dora Panzone Gibson.
Chester was a member of the Uniontown Free Methodist Church and AMVETS Post 103 of Hopwood, Pa.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years Mildred (Bunny) Beatty Gibson; four children: Kenny Gibson and wife Robin, Charlie Gibson and wife Renee’, Ida Lynn Thomas and husband Bruce and Pam Rutherford Jobes; grandchildren: Samantha Carr and husband Harry, Brandi Gibson, Trayci Gibson, Kendra Gibson, Melissa Thomas and fiance Brent Hostutler, Jodie Machesky and husband Chad, Jamie Beth Thomas, Brucie Thomas, Brett Harley Rutherford and Brandon Gibson; seven great-grandchildren: Brenna, Ethan, Erilyn, Payton, Quinn, Abram and Kiera; brothers and sisters: Robert (Mooch) Gibson and wife Eleanor, Regina Kasovich and husband Ted (Hop), Jim Gibson and wife Linda, Linda Figler, William Terry Gibson and Crystal Dianna Gibson; sister-in-law Bobbi Tush and husband Jim and brother-in-law Bill Beatty and wife Jeannie.
He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews who loved him.
Chester was preceded in death by brothers Charles (his twin) and Donald; granddaughter Courtney Jo Rutherford; son-in-law: Jesse Rutherford Jr.; father-in-law and mother-in-law Robert and Mildred Beatty and step-father-in-law Herb Snyder.
Friends will be received in the SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 680 Cherry Tree Lane Uniontown, Pa. on Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday until 11 a.m. where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. with Pastor Aaron Peternal officiating.
Interment will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery with full military rites accorded by AMVETS Post 103, Hopwood, Pa.