Tret
(Teressa, as spelled on her grave) was 6
years
old when her mother, Ada Sheckler passed away. She moved
to live with her Aunt Hazel
and Uncle
Alvin in Battle Creek as did her sister Lois. Their father, Linn, was
driving
truck at the time. This is where Linn met his second wife Ethel
and
was married. They later all moved to Grand Rapids where Linn took a job
with Consumers Power Company. Keeping the same job they moved to
Sparta where brother Lester took a job with the Carnation Milk Company
and met future wife Ileath Bird. When Linn moved his family to
Casco(South
of Fennville), Tret was ready for High School and she moved in with
Pastor
Spears and family, completed her four years of high school in South
Haven.
At the end of that time they moved to Chicago. Soon Tret
moved
to Sparta, staying with Lester and Ileath and went to school at
Davenport
Insitute. Her brother Merril helped her pay for the schooling. She then
took a job in Sparta. This is where she meet William Prescott Gibbs,
they
got married, lived in Sparta until their deaths.
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Born:
19 Feb., 1913
Died:
4 Oct., 1978
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William
Gibbs
Born:
23 Dec. 1903
Died:
30 Nov. 1980
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