DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL HIGHLAND CHAPEL
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1. Full Name: Harold D. Tibbits Age: 79 Years Sex: M
2. Current address: of Topeka
3. Date of death: Sunday , August 25, 2002
4 Place of death: a Topeka hospital
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: January 8, 1923 Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas
6.b. Parents: Earl and Marie Peavler Tibbits
6.c. Years in current city/town: He was a life long Topeka resident.
7. Background: He was an Army Veteran of WWII. He was an automobile mechanic for Dale Sharp Pontiac Cadillac for 30 years
before retiring in 1982. He then worked for Tibbits Auto Body & Paint before retiring in 1984. He was a member of Philip Billard Post
No. 1650, V.F.W.
8. Relatives: Married to: Marshia N. Gray on August 23, 1944 in Lyndon, Kansas. They were married 58 years.
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Wife: Marshia Tibbits, Topeka, KS
Son: Harold E. Tibbits, Quinlan, TX
Son: Earl D. Tibbits, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Ellen "Weggie" Auten, Topeka, KS
Eleven Grandchildren
Twenty-Seven Great-Grandchildren
Brother: Gilbert Tibbits, Topeka, KS
Brother: Donald Tibbits, Topeka, KS
Brother: Derrald Tibbits, Topeka, KS
Brother: Raymond Tibbits, Topeka, KS
Foster Son: Ronnie Thomas, Hamilton City, CA
9. Service time, day, date, place: Graveside Services will be at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, August 29, 2002 at Memorial Park
Cemetery.
10. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery Topeka, Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: Mr. Tibbits will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel after Noon on Wednesday where the
family will receive friends from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:
13. Memorial contributions, if any: Organization of the Donor's Choice and sent in care of Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel
2843 S.E. Minnesota Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66605
14. Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel, 2843 SE Minnesota Ave, Topeka, Kansas
Director: Brian M. Voigt