Merne Joan Gibson

January 5, 1929 - May 8, 2019

Memorial services for MERNE JOAN GIBSON, 90, will be held at 2pm Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at the Lingle Community Presbyterian Church with Reverend Bruce McBurney officiating. Burial of her and her husband’s asheswill follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Memorials may be given to either the VFW or American Legion Auxiliaries. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. We write here in remembrance of Merne Joan Gibson (Jones) who left this earth on May 8, 2019. Merne was born January 5, 1929 in St Francis, Kansas to parents Merrill and Violet (Murren) Jones. She went on to graduate from Lingle High School in 1947.It was there that she met and fell in love with James Keith Gibson Sr. The two continued their love story when they married on July 9, 1947. They traveled the world and the states together during Jim’s military career, while raising their children, Jim GibsonJr, Jack Gibson, Tracie Patrick (Gibson), Tarrie Goddard (Gibson), and Jerry Gibson. Merne was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 63, the Lingle Lions Club, the Lingle Presbyterian Church and previously gave her time to the American Red Cross Gray Ladies Organization. Merne was a beloved member of our family and communitywho enjoyed going to play Bingo, was an avid collector of various animal figurines including elephants and pigs, and a very loyal Denver Broncos fan. Merne was preceded in death by her parents; husband James Keith Gibson Sr; brothers Darley and Buddy Jones; daughter Tarrie Goddard (Gibson); and daughter-in-law Annette Gibson (Givens). In addition to her five children Merne was blessed with ninegrandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. To all of them she was "Mam-ma". We know she is dancing cheek to cheek with her beloved husband and rejoicing in the reunions with loved ones lost. "Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended." Isaiah 60:20