Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gibbs, Max Sr. 2001
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, June 26, 2001

Max Gibbs Sr., 82, of Belding passed away Fri., June 22, 2001 at Spectrum 
Health Downtown Campus.   He was born Aug. 7, 1918 in Huffton, S.D., the son 
of Lewis and Bernice (Luce) Gibbs.  He was a graduate of Palo High School with 
the class of 1936 and served in World War II with the US Army Air Corps.

He retired from Northland Corporation in 1980 after 32 years of service as an 
assembly line repairman and was former postmaster at Palo before entering 
military service.  He was a member of the V.F.W. Post 506 in Sheridan.

He married on May 30, 1914 in Palo to Marian Borden and she survives along 
with their children, Yvonne (Gordie) Steve, Yvette Chittenden, Cindy (Scott) 
Brokaw, Max Jr. (Allean) Gibbs all of Belding, Kelly and Sue Gibbs of South 
Haven, Scott (Kathy) Gibbs and Tim (Ronda) Gibbs of Belding; 16 grandchildren, 
10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in 
death by his parents; two sisters, Georgia Meister and Dorothy Gibbs; and two 
brothers, John and Clayton Gibbs.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday at Johnson-Feuerstein 
Funeral Home with Pastor Ken Harger officiating.  Interment will be in Oak 
Hill Cemetery, Ionia.  Visitation was on Monday at the funeral home.  Memorial 
contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Shiloh Community 
Church.


Additional Comments:
Transcriber’s note:  The obituary has been typed exactly as written.  There 
appears to be an error in dates in that Mr. Gibbs was born in 1918 although it 
stated he was married four years earlier in 1914.  

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