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| Flotilla 33 Shawsheen Flotilla Lowell, Massachusetts 1st District Northern Region |
| John H. Gibbons
1921 - 2007 |
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| John H. Gibbons, 86, resident of Chelmsford, MA, died October 8, 2007 at Parkland Medical Center, Derry, NH. He was born in Milford, NH on April 9, 1921, a son of the late John J. & Louise (Dummett) Gibbons. Mr. Gibbons was raised and educated in Milford, NH. A graduate of Milford High School, he also attended New England College in Henniker, NH and graduated from New Hampshire Finance & Accounting, Manchester, NH. Mr. Gibbons was employed for the U.S. Postal Service as an RFD Carrier for more than 35 years. He had been a resident of Chelmsford, MA for more than 50 years.
Mr. Gibbons was an active volunteer at the Chelmsford Seniors Center. In addition, he loved gardening, fishing and boating. He was a USMC veteran of World War II having served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Mr. Gibbons was a Flotilla 33 Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and a charter member of the Harley Sanford Post #4368 VFW, Milford. He was predeceased by his wife, Denise (Dore') Gibbons, who died in 2004 and two sisters, Margaret Gibbons and Rose Kearns. Family members include two daughters and a son-in-law, Kathleen Hartman of Springfield, MA, Mary Louise & Keith Makuch of Southampton, MA; a son and daughter-in-law, John A. & Jennifer Gibbons of Derry, NH; 10 Grandchildren; 8 Great Grandchildren; two sisters, Barbara Jackson of Milford, NH, Eileen Richard of Nashua, NH; a brother, William Gibbons of Manchester, NH; many nieces and nephews. Published in the Lowell Sun on 10/10/2007. |
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