More 9th Graders - Who Are They?

Patty Davies Gibson

This comes as a complete shock. It just goes to show all of us how precious a few minutes of your time can be and how quickly your world can change in the blink of an eye. Thank you to everyone who called and emailed regarding Patty's heart attack/death. Here are the details I copied from The Telegraph. This is all I know.


Patricia Gibson
BETHALTO

October 23, 2007 - 5:35PM
Patricia L. Gibson, 53, died at 9:39 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 22, 1954, in Wood River to James and Geneva (Hudgins) Davies.

She and Alex Gibson were married on June 2, 2007, in Hamel. He survives. She was a homemaker.

In addition to her husband, surviving are three daughters and two sons-in-law, Geneva and Frank Prusinski and Felicia Claro, all of Wood River, and Samantha and Mark Browning of Florissant; seven grandchildren, Lorene Watson, Sara Watson, Alexis Claro, Sammy Jo Lyles, Nicholas Claro, Elijah Browning and Riley Browning; one stepgranddaughter, Heather Birdsong; a sister, Betty Hubach of East Alton; and four brothers and sisters-in-law, James and Betty Davies of Godfrey, Ronnie and Lolly Davies of Arizona, Patrick and Tina Davies of Bellefontaine, Mo., and Danny and Rita Davies of Clarksville, Tenn. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Walter Ottwell III; a sister, Vadin Elliott; and a brother, Curt Davies.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Bethalto, where funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to the family in care of the funeral home.

An online condolence and guest book may be found at www.kallalandschaaf.com.

How many of these 9th graders can you name?

Sad News

Our hearts and prayers go out to our classmates who've recently lost family members.

Alan Helmkamp lost his father a couple of weeks ago.

Don and Sue Woelfel just lost their mother this past week. (I don't really remember any Woelfel's in our class but some of you may know them.)

LaVeta Opp's mom passed away on Thursday, Oct. 18th. She was diagnosed with leukemia and went fast.