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- Beloit Daily News
March 21, 2002
Lela M. Gibbs, 87, a resident of Sun Valley West, 2156 House Street, Beloit, Wisconsin, died Wednesday March 20, 2002 in Beloit Memorial Hospital.
She was born November 7, 1914 in rural Monroe, Wisconsin the daughter of Fred C. and Anna Norder Coplien. She graduated from Monroe High School, Class of 1932, received her Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and continued post graduation studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lela married Arthur R. Gibbs on July 19, 1947 in Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran United Brethren Church, Monroe.
Lela taught at Milton Junction, East Troy and Jefferson Elementary Schools before coming to Beloit in 1943, where she taught at Parker and Burdge Elementary Schools, retiring in 1974. She was a member of Second Congregational Church since April 6, 1950. Lela served on various church committees, the Board and 15 years as flower chairperson, was a Deaconess for many years, was active in church and Daily Vacation Bible School, and was a Sarah Chapter Member of the Women's Fellowship. She was a member of the Beloit Area Retired Teachers Association, the Beloit Teachers Quarter Century Club, life member of the Wisconsin Retired Teachers Association, member and past officer of Upsilon Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, member of the West Side Fort Nightly Club, the Intermediate Women's club, R.S.V.P., and volunteered for Meals on Wheels, and Caritas.
Survivors include her husband, Arthur of 54 years; sister-in-law, Dorothy Gibbs of Beloit, brother-in-law, G.L. Otterstein of Colorado Springs, Colorado; several nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, cousins and friends.
She was predeceased by her parents, and two sisters, Irma Otterstein and a sister in infancy.
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