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Defiance Crescent News April 8 1941 Estella Gibler Died in Monroe Evansport Woman's Funeral will be held here Thursday
Mrs Estella E. Gibler 49 of Evansport a former Defiance resident died at 330pm Monday at the home of her duaghter, Mrs Mildred Dietrich, Monroe Mich. where she had been for the past several days while taking treatments in Toldeo for carcinoma. The remains have been brought to the Mansfield funeral home here, where services will be held at 2 pm Thursday. Mrs Gibler, wife of George Gibler was born in Noble Township Aug 12 1891. She lived in Tiffin township during her early life, then came to Defiance and spent 25 years here before moving to Evansport about four years ago.
She leaves her husband, two daughters Mrs Robert Dietrich Monroe Mich, Eldora at home; two sons Lewis Ayersville, and George Jr at home; three sisters Mrs Ada Leaders in Tennessee, and Mrs Mary Lang and Mrs Lulu Speiser Defiance, five brothers Amos Roehrig Dayton, Albert Oakwood, and Lyman, James and John Defiance and three grandchildren.
(She was the daughter of Lewis and Catherine (Kuszmaul) Roehrig, burial at Evansport Cemetery)
---------------------------------------Defiance Crescent News died Jan 16 1944 George Gibler Long Ill, Dies Former Edison Co. Employe Expires in Evansport at age of 57
George Gibler, 57 for many years an employe of the Toledo Edison Co at the Defiance gas house and for the past seven years a resident of Evansport, died at his home Sunday night after an illiness of nine years. He was born in Sandyville in Southern Ohio. HIs wife Estella died in April 1940 Surviving are two daughters Mrs Mildred Dietrich Monroe Mich, Mrs Eldora Sines Evansport, and two sons Lewsi Aversville and George in the Army at Camp Breckenridge Ky. There are five grandchildren. He leaves also a sister Mrs Sam Todd Ottawa and a brother Isaac Toledo. The body is at Mansfield funeral home where funeral will be held Time of services has not been determined pending arrival of a son-in-law Sidney Sines enroute home from Camp McClellan Ala. The son George is now at home on furlough. Burial will be in Evansport Cemetery. (son of Andrew and Sarah (Henline) Gibler)
Nancy Sines Schultz, vschultz@gte.net, 1-27-2002
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