Earl Eugene
Gibson (9/28/1907 - 12/10/1979) and Cecelia
Marie Rooth Gibson (1/14/1908 - 11/11/1990)
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Earl and Marie
Rooth met in Victoria where she was teaching. It took quite a bit
of persuading, but they were married in 1935. |
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Earl Eugene
Gibson 1907.
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Earl
and his brother Cecil, 1908
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This was at
the time of Earl's high school graduation. One family story says
the suit was made for him at home. His sister Merle says he graduated
from a private academy she believes was set up for students who
had to work.
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Earl and Marie
Rooth, taken by a street photographer in Victoria the year before
they married.
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Earl Eugene
Gibson at a Water Board meeting. He managed the water district for
many years.
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Earl and Marie
in 1979, the year Earl died. Marie hated how she looked in this
picture. One of her friends convinced her to dye her hair. But it
is such a good picture of Earl that she didn't throw it out.
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