Mildred Gibbs

1921 - 2018  (96 years)

• Name	Mildred Gibbs  [1, 2]
  Birth	3 May 1921	Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Mar 2018	Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin   [2, 3]
  Burial	Flora Lawn Cemetery, South Beloit, Winnebago, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I264161	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Ross Rozell Gibbs,   b. 8 Apr 1884, ..., DeKalb, Georgia d. 23 Oct 1966, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Augusta Mae Winchester,   b. 29 Jun 1885   d. 23 May 1971 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1909	..., Winnebago, Illinois   [4]
  Family ID	F104711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harvey Cooper Smith,   b. 26 Jun 1920, Brooklyn, Kings, New York d. 29 Dec 2013 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1944  [5]
  Children	1. Harvey Smith, II   2. Scott Smith   3. Debra Smith   4. Gloria Smith
  Family ID	F104900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Beloit Daily News (WI) March 6, 2018 Mildred (Gibbs) Smith, 96, of Beloit, WI, died Sunday, March 4, 2018 at Riverside Terrace. Mildred was the youngest child of Ross and Augusta (Winchester) Gibbs, born on May 3, 1921 in Beloit, WI. After graduation from Beloit High School, she followed her brothers, Arthur and Ross, into the Army when women were first allowed to join the military. Basic training was in Iowa, and then she was sent to Camp Plauche in New Orleans, LA. There she met Harvey C. Smith from Brooklyn, NY. They were married May 27, 1944. The whole camp turned out for the first all military wedding on the post. Two children were born on army bases, and later two more were born in Beloit after they had left the army. Mildred had many careers over the years. In 1968 she and Harvey moved to Orange, CA and started their own business. When the business was sold, she earned a license to become a realtor. She kept busy even after retirement, meeting new people in local stores where she demonstrated products. Not one to sit still, she was a life long learner, taking college courses, classes and traveling. Mildred and Harvey had many adventures in their motor home. Some trips were shared with travel buddies, going to New York for the rededication of the Statue of Liberty and to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. She wrote the group's newsletter and poems about the trips. Her greatest joy was the trips they took to discover her family's genealogy, meeting family she had never known, and leaving the stories of the ancestors for her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and those yet to come. Thank you Mom. Survivors include her children, Gloria (Roger) Christiansen of Beloit, WI, Harvey (Janet) Smith II of Milton, WI, Scott (Cindy) Smith of Pollack, ID and Debra Smith of Beloit, WI; grandchildren, Nicole (Riad) Amro of Madison, WI, Jessica Lynes of Janesville, WI, Nathanial Smith of Madison, WI, Rebecca (Bruce Titus) Smith of Janesville, WI and Christopher Smith of Milton, WI; great grandchildren, Zak Amro, Noah Amro, Jenna Amro, Sumer Amro, Abby Lynes, Julie Lynes, Brianna Lynes and Madison Titus. She was predeceased by her parents; husband Harvey in 2013, sister Dorothy Gibbs, brothers Arthur Gibbs and Ross Gibbs Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64879] Obituary, Beloit Daily News (WI), Dorothy M. Gibbs, (March 12, 2009). [S64878] Cemetery index, Flora Lawn Cemetery, South Beloit, Winnebago, Illinois, (Find-a-Grave). [S64881] Obituary, Beloit Daily News (WI), Mildred Smith, (March 6, 2018). [S64761] Ancestry.com, Machin Family Tree-2, (HFA library code Internet2322). [S64880] Obituary, Beloit Daily News (WI), Harvey Cooper Smith, (December 31, 2013).