Leelanau County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Tibbitts, Esther M. & William K. 
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Cemetery:           Rose Hill Cemetery
Name:               Esther M. & William K. Tibbitts

Date Of Photograph: May 23, 2007
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Esther M. Tibbitts   b. 31 Oct. 1920   d. 17 Sept. 2004
William K. Tibbitts   b. 3 July 1923
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Social Security Death Index  
Name: Esther M. Tibbitts 
SSN: XXXXX   
Last Residence: 49630  Empire, Leelanau, Michigan, United States of America 
Born: 31 Oct 1920 
Died: 17 Sep 2004 
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 ) 
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TRAVERSE CITY RECORD EAGLE - 18 Sept. 2004
      TRAVERSE CITY - Esther Maxine Tibbitts, 83, of Traverse City, died 
Friday, Sept. 17, 2004, at Munson Medical Center.
      Born Oct. 31, 1920, in Bendon, she was the daughter of John and Mary 
Agnes (Halk) Lanham. On Sept. 5, 1946, in Traverse City, she married William K. 
Tibbitts, who survives. 
      A lifelong resident of the Glen Lake and Traverse City area, Esther was a 
graduate of Empire High School. She graduated with a degree as a registered 
nurse from the Traverse City State Hospital School of Nursing, in 1945, where 
she served as secretary for the nursing alumni. She later worked at the Tri-
county Health Department as well as stoma therapist for Munson Medical Center. 
Esther was instrumental in starting the Northern District Ostomy Association in 
Traverse City.
      She was a member of the First Christian Church, where she served as 
president and secretary of the Christian Women's Fellowship. Esther was also a 
member of the community church in Lanark Village, Fla., where she served as 
secretary of the Women's Fellowship. She was the past secretary of the Lanark 
Village Golf Course.
      Esther enjoyed golfing, knitting, crocheting, traveling and especially 
spending time with her family.
      Along with her husband of 58 devoted years, William, Esther is survived 
by two daughters, Sandra (Al) Davis of Jenison and Patricia Tibbitts and her 
friend, Elmond Hamilton of Thompsonville; four grandchildren, Brian S. Davis, 
Craig A. Davis, David A. Geroy and Ann M. Taghon; three great-granddaughters; 
three great-grandsons; brother, John (Nancy) Lanham; sisters, Dorothy E. Lanham 
and Margaret Harden; brother-in-law, Harry Fitzpatrick; and sister-in-law, 
Dorothy "Dottie" Lanham.
      Esther was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Carl and Fred 
Lanham; and sister, Evelyn Fitzpatrick. 
      Friends may call at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home in Traverse City 
on Sunday evening, Sept. 19, 2004, from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial services will be 
held at the funeral home on Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, at 11 a.m., with the Rev. 
David L. Stout officiating. After cremation, burial will be in the Rose Hill 
Cemetery in Kasson Township.
      Memorial contributions may directed to the First Christian Church.
 
 
 


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