Mary F. Gibbons

She was born Dec. 23, 1961, in Lewistown, a daughter of the late Robert L. “Bink” Gibbons and Betty L. (Rhoads) Gibbons. Mary formerly worked at Empire Kosher Poultry, Mifflintown, and later, a number of years building cabinets at the cabinet shop in Thompsontown.

Her family remembers Mary as a dedicated and hard-working woman filled with kindness. One of the things that brought her joy was the several trips each summer to Knoebel’s Amusement Park in Elysburg. The kindness she showed came back to her from folks like her neighbors, John and Kathy Huss, and the nurses from Geisinger Hospice, Lori Taylor, Tasha Brackbill and Lori Specht.

Surviving is her son, Derek Dalton, who resided with her, and two sisters, Shirley Clouser and Susan Garrett (Charles). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Mikyla Marie Dalton and six brothers, Lester, Richard, Ernest, Larry, Donald and Clair, two sisters, Robin Gibbons and Brenda Hutchinson, who recently passed on Jan. 6. A nephew, Nicholas James Gibbons also preceded her in death.

Arrangements are private with the family expressing appreciation for the care of Geisinger Hospice and others for their acts of kindness during the illness and passing of Mary.