Mary Gibson

February 12, 1948 - March 26, 2018

Mary J. Gibson, age 70, of Washington, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 26, 2018, at Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Washington. A celebration of life service will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the the Brighton First Church of God with Pastor Rick Hughes, Pastor Ryan Meader and Pastor Don Ralston officiating. A general memorial has been established. Online condolences may be sent for Mary’s family through the web at www.jonesfh.com Mary was born February 12, 1948 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Milfred and Lueta (Anderson) Kellerby. She attended High School in College Springs, Iowa and graduated from Yates Center Kansas in 1966. She also attended Southeast Missouri State University. Mary was united in marriage to Gerald Gibson on June 6, 1981, in Neodesha, Kansas. Mary had been a resident of Washington since 1993. She was a homemaker and she bred and showed rabbits and dogs. Mary was a member of the Churches of God in Finley, Ohio, Brighton First Church of God, and Prairie Flower Baptist Church and Faith Baptist Church in Washington. Survivors include her daughter, Wendy Thomas and husband Randy of Phoenix, AZ; son, Erick Gibson and wife Kim of Iowa City, IA; 3 grandchildren; 1 step-grandchild; 1 great-grandson; brother, Phillip Kellerby of Tulsa, OK; and sister, Ruth Williams and husband Steve of Independence, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband on April 7, 2017; and one brother, Bob Kellerby.