OBIT: Carol K. (KOOKEN) GIMMI, 2008, formerly of Huntingdon County, PA

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Carol K. Gimmi

  Carol K. Gimmi, 64, of 8066 Scenic Drive, Shippensburg, died Sunday, 
February 3, in Hershey Medical Center.
  Funeral service was held Thursday, February 7 at the Memorial 
Lutheran Church. Rev. Robert Seibold officiated. Burial was made in 
Spring Hill Cemetery.
  Arrangements were under the direction of Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral 
Home, Inc. of Shippensburg. 
  She was born September 19, 1943 in Baltimore, MD and she was a 
daughter of Jeanne Goodman Kooken, Mount Union and the late John 
Kooken.
  In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband of 41 
years, Robert D. Gimmi. Also three daughters, Victoria K. Wright and 
Heather A. Gimmi, both of Shippensburg and Kristen G. Weekley of St. 
Mary's, WV. Seven grandchildren, Alexandria L. Gimmi; Bree E. Wright; 
Keenan S. Wright; Jordan M. Wineriter,  Madison I. Winerite; C. Atticus 
Weekley and Wyatt R. Byers.
  Also surviving are two brothers and one sister: James S. Kooken and 
John B. Kooken both of Mount Union and Elizabeth A. Diana of Massillon, 
OH.
  Mrs. Gimmi was a 1961 graduate of the Captain Jack High School, Mount 
Union and a 1965 graduate of Shippensburg University, where she 
received the Exceptional Service Award from the Shippensburg University 
General Alumni Association in 1995.
  She worked from 1979 until her retirement in 2004 as an elementary 
school librarian in the Shippensburg Area School District, last working 
at James Burd Elementary School. Earlier in her life she worked in the 
Juniata Valley School District and the Chambersburg Area School 
District. She was president of the Shippensburg Education Association 
from 1996 until 2000 and was a member of the Cumberland County Library 
Association and the PA School Library Association.
  Mrs. Gimmi was a member of the Memorial Lutheran Church, where she 
was Rainbow Choir Director; a member of the Senior Choir; a Luther 
League youth leader and taught Sunday School and Bible School.
  Over the years she coached Little League Girls Softball and Midget 
Basketball Cheerleading; was on the Board of Directors of the 
Shippensburg Little League and coordinator of fund raising of the 
Little League; was troop leader of Brownie Troop #613; an honorary 
member and Ladies Auxiliary member of West End Fire and Rescue and a 
member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Durff-Kuhn VFW Post #6168.
  Memorial contributions may be made to Memorial Lutheran Church, 34 E. 
Orange St., Shippensburg, PA 17257 or the West End Fire and Rescue, 49 
Lurgan Ave., Shippensburg PA 17257.

The Valley Log, Orbisonia, PA, February 13, 2008